Technic 2022

[Michael Klein]

Ok. Wow. Thanks for the back story. I think it's obvious from my comment that I had no idea you were involved in this. We (LDraw.org) have our own issues with Stud.io as well but that's something best kept out of public discussion.

BTW, thanks for all the work you've put into this. Even Stud.io's out of date shaders are awesome work. If I ever find time away from Library Admin (which is consuming all of my free LDraw time at the moment), I'll have to check out your new efforts.

Thanks! And thanks for putting the time and effort in LDraw. RIP James Jessiman.

Renderbricks is behind all this and most people don't know while influencers with stupid ideas make millions. I am pretty sure if I had time for a good channel around Digital LEGO this could be some kind of successful. But for now, I have my family, my position as a professor, and my animation studio in its 21st year. But I have LEGO content on my list.

It was clear to me that when Nicolas adapted by results for Mecabricks it will grow exponentially by sharing these times and the community will take over. What I personally support! Since then I see more and more amazing work on social media and YouTube. Sharing knowledge for free is the future. That's why I use free software like Blender and love the LDraw project which brought me to this idea. LEGO is the mother of my profession and was a very important and creative toy/tool in my childhood. Maybe LEGO is responsible for my passion for animation/VFX. It's a mix of technical and artistic skills.

The improved version with Cycles and the Mecabricks shaders is a huge step forward for the MOC designers who prefer Stud.io for the main reason that it's using the most complete LEGO database. Mecabricks lacks a lot of parts but has other advantages due to the easy workflow with Blender and more flexibility with textures and UV maps. Overall LDraw is fantastic but a lot of parts have quality issues. And I wished decorations were solved by textures like the Minifigure faces.

LDraw models need some effort to fix some conversion issues. But that's fine because the result is despite some quality issues very satisfying.