Is it possible to add Colors to the Colorpalette of newer Bricks?

[badchriss]

Hey Guys,

since the last Update of LDD i am wondering:Is there a Way to modify LDD so the Colorpalette of existing Colors of each Part can be updated?

It`s kinda tedious to copy the Partnumber or official Name into Google,Brickset or Bricklink and to see what Colors a certain Piece comes in,may it be a new Part from 2015/2016 or a Part which Colorpalette hasn`t been updated in a while...

[Superkalle]

Simple answer - no, there's no way to modify or update the colors in LDD.

What you can do is to create a custom LDD brick palette (LXFM-file) with all the color/brick combos in for example BL and then use that in LDD. That would give you what you want. But there some work involved. You need to somehow read data from BL, do all the mapping to LEGO bricks/colors and then finally create the custom palette (which is basically a LXF-file). Not sure if anyone has gone to the trouble of doing this already.

Check out the section index about info how to create a custom brick palette

Note also, if you are missing any color from the LDD GUI that you need, most of them are already in LDD "behind the scenes". Use the color picker tool from an already existing model. Here is a "palette" for such purposes. Hover the mouse over each color and you will see the LEGO color ID and the LEGO Color name.

As for new colors being added by TLG, they are usually added as the LDD brickset is updated.