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It has been a long time since Lego Digital Designer (LDD) has been updated with new parts. For a long time the exact format of the code from the LDD parts was not exactly understood. Now, a few members of the Eurobricks community cracked the code and are able to create parts in the format LDD uses. This post shall list these new parts and contains a link to a zip/rar file with those new parts.
Rules
Off course we would all like to have as many new parts as soon as possible. That doesn't necessarily guarantee the highest quality standard. Therefor we have compiled some rules. Only parts that adhere to these rules will be added to the parts pack(s).
Parts may only come from open sources. That means that LDraw parts are allowed, but that Mecabricks parts are strictly forbidden;
A part must always have connectivity and boundary boxes;
A part may include collision boxes but this is not necessary for approval.
Reaching the LDD part database
First things first. How to access the current parts of LDD? We need to know that before we can add new parts.
Windows
Download LDD LIF Extractor for 32- or 64-bit systems. The LIF file contains the LDD parts. The LIF Extractor can be found here: LINK;
Unzip the LIF Extractor zip file;
Navigate to: Users/[UserName]/AppData/Roaming/LEGO Company/LEGO Digital Designer. The "AppData" folder could be hidden; if so: activate "Show hidden files";
Here you'll find a file named "db.lif". Drag that file onto LIFExtractor.exe (it doesn't matter where LIFExtractor.exe is located: downloads folder, desktop or anywhere else, just drag db.lif onto the exe file);
You'll now find a folder named "db" and one named "Palettes". Rename the original "db.lif" into something else (i.e. "xxdb.lif"), this is your parts back-up file!
You'll find the following in the "db" folder:
Folders
"Assemblies": This folder contains the *.lxfml files for the assemblies.
"Decorations": This folder contains all decorations.
"MainGroupDividers": This folder contains the images of the part groups.
" MaterialNames": This folder contains English and German names for the included color. Advise: do not open this file in a normal text editor, it will mess up the file, making it unusable!
"Primitives": This folder contains the technical data for the parts. Navigate further to "LOD0", this folder contains the 3D models for the parts.
Loose files
"CurrentMaterials": This file list all current colors that are in LDD.
"DecorationMapping": This file contains which decoration belongs to which parts.
"info": Regular info about LDD.
"Materials": This file contains all color RGB values.
"pes": This file says something about friction which might have something to do with the old exploding animation.
You'll find the following in the "Palettes" folder:
Multiple *.lif files.
Extract LDD.lif and LDDExtended.lif in the same way you extracted the db.lif file.
Now you have two folders: LDD and LDDExtended. These folders contain *.paxml files: text files which create ready-to-use multi-colored part palettes.
Here you add the 2020NewPreColoredParts folder. This gives you access to all new pre-colored multi-colored and printed new parts.
iOS/Mac
Download LIF-Extractor from JrMasterModelBuilder. It can be found here: LINK.
Go to folder:
/Users/myusername/Library/Application\ Support/LEGO\ Company/LEGO\ Digital\ Designer/
Extract the db.lif using JrMasterModelBuilder's LIF-Extractor.py Python script by using Terminal:
python LIFExtractor.py /Users/myusername/Library/Application\ Support/LEGO\ Company/LEGO\ Digital\ Designer/\db.lif
This will create a "db" subfolder containing the extracted contents of the db.lif file. Rename "db.lif" into something else (i.e. "xxdb.lif"), this is your parts back-up file!
Enter the folder, go to "Primitives". This folder contains the technical data for the parts. Navigate further to "LOD0", this folder contains the 3D models for the parts.
For information about the folder structure, see "Windows" above.
Accessing the new parts
Now for the real exciting part: adding parts to LDD. Lego Digital Designer should be closed for this.
Download the update parts pack (*.rar file) to the location of the "db" folder from the latest post below;
Unpack the folder;
If asked if you want to replace files, click "Yes to all". Now you will have the latest parts and the newest part geometries.
Development Version 20221229
Version 20221229 or GitHub [download files separate] and LXF file with new and updated parts
New parts
1411 —— Corn Cob with Husk [BL: 1411*]
1745 —— Plate, Round 1 x 2 Half with 1 Stud (Jumper)
1746 —— Tower Roof 4 x 8 x 6 Half Cone Shaped with Roof Tiles
1747 —— Plant Stem / Stalk with 2 Leaves and Bar Attachments
1748 —— Tile, Round 1 x 2 Half — decoratable
1749 —— Support 2 x 4 x 13 Semicircle with 5 Pin Holes
1750 —— Slope, Curved 2 x 2 x 1 Inverted with 2 Recessed Studs
1751 —— Tile 4 x 4 — decoratable
1871 —— Slope, Curved 1 x 1 x 1 1/3 Corner [BL: bb1284*] — decoratable
1874 —— Windscreen 6 x 9 x 1 2/3 — decoratable
1936 —— Technic Turntable / Swashplate 5 x 5 Top with 5 Pin Holes
1937 —— Technic Turntable / Swashplate 5 x 5 Base with 4 Pin Holes
1938 —— Technic Ball Joint Swashplate with 4 Grooves and Square Hole
2008 —— Hair Mid-Length Swept Back with Ruffled Back
2010 —— Minifig Headwear Hat Brimmed
2012 —— Minifig Neckwear Breathing Apparatus (Cad Bane)
2016 —— Minifig Neckwear Armor Shoulder Pads Rounded with Neck Protection and Clip on Back [Plain]
2387 —— Technic Panel Fairing #7 3L Very Small Smooth, Side A — decoratable
2389 —— Technic Panel Fairing #8 3L Very Small Smooth, Side B — decoratable
2391 —— Technic Beam 1 x 7 Thick with Alternating Holes
2393 —— Technic Pin Connector Hub Perpendicular 3L with 2 Pins
2395 —— Technic Panel Fairing #9 Medium Triangle Smooth — decoratable
2403 —— Technic Panel Fairing #10 Medium Triangle Smooth — decoratable
2457 —— Technic Panel Fairing 2 x 3 x 1 #3 Angled — decoratable
2459 —— Technic Panel Car Mudguard Arched 9 x 2 x 3, Arched Top #42 — decoratable
3704 —— Technic, Axle 2L
4350 —— Electric 4.5V 3 C-Cell Battery Box without Switch 4 x 22 — multi-colorable
5840 —— Technic Bush with Lip [BL: x1299]
18821 —— Minifigure, Head, Modified Manta with Air Tank — multi-colorable, decoratable
22168 —— Electric, Light Unit Powered Up Attachment — multi-colorable
24219 —— Minifigure, Head, Modified SW Ugnaught — decoratable
25508 —— Minifigure Skirt Cloth 3 Truncated Points Partial Wrap
26990 —— Minifigure, Head, Modified with Flaming Hair — multi-colorable, decoratable
28657 —— Minifigure, Utensil Goblet [transparent]
30101 —— Door, Frame 2 x 8 x 6 Swivel with Bottom Notches
30102 —— Door 2 x 5 x 5 Swivel, Flat Base — decoratable
35157 —— Glass for Train Door with Lip on All Sides
35635 —— Minifigure Armor with 2 Flaps over Shoulders
35701 —— Minifigure, Hair Short, Parted with Two Pigtails, Hole for Pin on Top
36060 —— Minifigure, Hair Coiled and Short
36481 —— Technic, Gear 24 Tooth with 3 Axle Holes [BL: x187]
36756 —— Rat / Mouse — decoratable
37614 —— Minifigure Armor Shoulder Pads Ridged
37619 —— Minifigure, Headgear Helmet SW Range Trooper — decoratable
37631 —— Minifigure, Headgear Helmet SW Enfys Nest — multi-colorable, decoratable
38547 —— Dragon Wing 8 1/4 x 5 — multi-colorable
42819 —— Door 1 x 4 x 5 Train Right, Thick Support at Bottom
43967 —— Door 1 x 4 x 5 Train Left, Thick Support at Bottom
44511 —— Tower Roof 8 x 12 x 10 Onion Dome
48267 —— Technic Tooth 1 x 3 with Axle Hole [Hollow Underside]
50335 —— Vehicle, Digger Bucket 7 Teeth 3 x 6, Rise Inside with Locking 2 Finger Hinge
54662 —— Hinge Cylinder 1 x 3 Locking with 1 Finger and 2 Fingers on Ends, 7 Teeth, with Hole
61520 —— Windscreen 6 x 4 x 1 1/3 without Bottom Tabs and with Solid Studs [BL: 6152b]
64872 —— Technic, Steering Arm 5.5 x 2 with Towball Socket Rounded, Chamfered [Reinforced]
67737 —— Propeller 4 Blade 5 Diameter with Rounded Ends and Closed Hub
67929 —— Plate, Modified 8 x 8 with Cut Corners, Raised Sides and 4 Feet
68327 —— Wheel 41mm D. x 15mm Technic
68547 —— Wave Rounded Straight Swirls with Bar End (Cloud / Wind Gusts)
69754 —— Projectile Launcher, 1 x 2 Mini Blaster / Tile Shooter
69755 —— Projectile Launcher Part, Trigger for Bazooka, Mini Blaster / Shooter
69761 —— Technic, Gear 22 Tooth Bevel
69762 —— Technic, Gear 14 Tooth Bevel Thick
69767 —— Minifigure, Weapon Bazooka, Mini Blaster / Shooter
71603 —— Electric, Light & Sound 4 x 20 x 5 Insectoid Stinger [BL: x239] — decoratable
72514 —— Belville, Clothes Crown Mini [BL: x250] — multi-colorable
73389 —— Wheel 75mm D. x 41mm Technic Racing Large #1 Model Left Side (Spokes Slanted Left)
73398 —— Wheel 75mm D. x 41mm Technic Racing Large #2 Model Right Side (Spokes Slanted Right)
77107 —— Support 11 x 11 Girder, Round
77127 —— Figure Base Luigi with 4 Top Studs and LCD Screens for Eyes and Chest — multi-colorable, decoratable (note: since the decoratable surfaces are behind the screen glass, you can only decorate this one through the 2020 New Pre-Colored Parts palette)
77834 —— Brick, Modified 2 x 2 x 5 with 2 x 4 Plate Base, Spring Unit, and 2 Technic Holes [BL: 80432c01] — multi-colorable
78645 —— Minifigure, Headgear Helmet with Horns, SW Mandalorian — multi-colorable, decoratable
80273 —— Technic, Liftarm, Modified Rotor 5 Blade with Square Hole
80274 —— Technic, Panel Curved #62 5 x 4 Tapered Right
80278 —— Technic, Panel Curved #63 5 x 4 Tapered Left
80279 —— Tire 87.9 x 44
80319 —— Plate, Modified 8 x 8 with Double-Sided Adhesive Tape on Back [BL: 79759c01] — multi-colorable, decoratable
80326 —— Flag 2 x 2 Square with Flared Edge — decoratable
80477 —— Technic, Pin with Bar and Tow Ball, 3L
80543 —— Arch 1 x 4 x 3
80563 —— Technic Rotation Joint Disk with Pin Hole and 2 Pins
80677 —— Tile, Round 2 x 2 Splat with Side Extensions — decoratable
81346 —— Technic, Gear 20 Tooth with Clutch on Both Sides
81911 —— Windscreen 2 x 4 x 1 Curved
84867 —— Legs with Plate Round 2 x 2 and Axle Hole - 4 Feet
86368 —— Minifigure, Hair Female Long Tousled with Center Part
88105 —— Minifigure, Head, Modified SW Ree-Yees — multi-colorable, decoratable
90826 —— Minifigure, Utensil Broom Bristles with Stud Holder
98878 —— Windscreen 10 x 4 x 2 with Bar Handle
100560 —— Neckwear Cape, Pauldron, Tattered
100646 —— Minifig Neckwear Armor Shoulder Pads with Clip on Back — decoratable
107700 —— BBB Train Wheel XXL Flanged Driver 43.2 mm
360831 —— Minifigure, Weapon Web Effect, Long and Narrow, Bars at Both Ends [BL: 36083a]
360832 —— Minifigure, Weapon Web Effect, Handcuffs [BL: 36083b]
360833 —— Minifigure, Weapon Web Effect, Medium, Bar on Back [BL: 36083c]
360834 —— Minifigure, Weapon Web Effect, Small, Short Bar on Front and Back [BL: 36083d]
360835 —— Minifigure, Weapon Web Effect, Large, Bar on Back, Bar Handles on Sides [BL: 36083e]
360836 —— Minifigure, Weapon Web Effect, Two Branches, Bars on Each End [BL: 36083f]
Original parts — updated parts
Custom parts — updated parts
Original / Custom parts — decorated parts
New colors
New assembly
• 77127 (9324, 58213)
• 22168 (25452, 25450, 62498, {23816})
• 77834 (80432, 80433)
{} = original LDD part
Updated original parts
• Updated connections: 4035, 32828
• Updated collision data: 3029, 3034, 3068, 3623, 3666, 4282, 15395, 15461, 26047, 32828, 48989, 54200, 60477, 87580, 99781
• Added decoration surface: 4515, 24119, 27925, 28946, 28948, 28949, 32316, 60581, 64799
• Updated decoration surface: 2723
• Updated 3D model: 6152, 24119, 30410
Updated custom parts
• Updated connections: 2711, 2719, 4261, 4262, 4263, 4442, 26559, 32828, 49309, 67440, 69066, 86876
• Added decoration surface: 35700, 49311, 71682, 89679
• Added collisions: 25195, 26559, 35464, 49309
• Updated collisions: 37352, 69958
• Updated 3D model: 4263, 25195, 80222
• Updated name: 26559, 35464, 49309, 67440, 69066, 79393
• Changed default camera angle: 71682
Other notes: