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  1. Philo
    42050 - Drag Racer - Technic 2016 Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing stickers Done with LDCad 1.5
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    No problem for that! it's fully documented (http://www.melkert.net/LDCad/tech/meta) and it's actually pretty easy to extend the library. Yes, the antistud is an issue... but again defining a new connectivity if it's missing is not difficult.
  3. Philo
    Could it be Bluetooth BLE remote controlled, with a receiver similar to WeDo2?
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    LDCad does offer connectivity by mean of a parallel library. Requires some work, but pretty manageable. Add to this that thanks to the hierarchical structure of LDraw library, defining connectivity for key elements (stud or pin/pinhole primitives) already provide some connectivity to many parts "automagically". This shows how to add connectivity to a part missing it.Note that using a parallel connectivity library was also the way used by SR3D Builder, but SR3D relied more on stuff inside code, not easily upgradable :(
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    A visual approximation (counting studs in straight portions, number and average dimension of turns) gave me 5.4m for each tube, so I guess that your 11 meters figure is right!
  6. Philo
    Excellent video, understandable even by a French guy like me ;D Love the improvement progression!
  7. Philo
    Pattern category is not strongly enforced. It is considered useful mainly for parts that have lots of patterns (minifigs, short tiles...)
  8. Philo
    42048 - Race Kart (Technic 2016) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing stickers Done with LDCad 1.5b1.
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    hopefully yes, they are just numbered in sequence.
  10. Philo
    The "skyline" printed tiles were added yesterday by C3POwen to LDraw parts tracker...
  11. Philo
    The unique identifier is not really needed, it can be done also with an enumeration process at startup, like VEX Robotics did on their VEX-IQ system. The downside of this system is that motors/sensors can't be hot-plugged, but that's a relatively minor annoyance. Different, incompatible connector makes sense since there is another major difference: voltage used! Wedo 2 runs off 3V while EV3/PFS are 9V based.
  12. Philo
    Set 30285 - Tiger (Creator) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: None Done with LDCad 1.5b2.
  13. Philo
    Both models load fine here (with beta2).
  14. Philo
    Thanks Marco, I'll correct ASAP. Correct file uploaded and link corrected...
  15. Philo
    I don't think there could be any problem with these batteries. Found this test of a similar product http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?380867-Test-Review-of-Coolook-14500-LiFePO4-700mAh-%28Black%29 Discharge curves show that even at startup time voltage is not much above 3.2V. Hight current handling is impressive (though mostly useless with LEGO current-limited battery boxes), but capacity is not outstanding,..
  16. Philo
    42044 - Display Team Jet (Technic 2016) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing stickers Done with LDCad 1.5b1. 42045 - Hydroplane Racer (Technic 2016) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing stickers Done with LDCad 1.5b1. 42046 - Getaway Racer (Technic 2016) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing stickers Done with LDCad 1.5b1. 42047 - Police Interceptor (Technic 2016) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing stickers Done with LDCad 1.5b1.
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    Sob! :(
  18. Philo
    Excellent! Now I'd like to visit Australia in this season :)
  19. Philo
    What defines mapping between BL parts and LDraw parts? I updated both BL catalog and LDraw library, but there are still missing matches between both catalogs. I can understand that there is a manual operation is needed when part names doesn't match (eg. 62520c01 for BL and 61903.dat), how to do that? And shouldn't this be automatic when both references are the same? (eg. 18939, still unofficial at LDraw, or 18946/18948 that are official)
  20. Philo
    42043 - Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 (Technic 2015) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing Stickers Done with LDCad 1.5 Beta 1b. 42043 - Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 - B Model (Technic 2015) Download MPD (OMR compliant) Known errors: Missing Stickers Done with LDCad 1.5 Beta 1b. This concludes 2015 Technic models... just in time, 2016 models are just becoming available! Bonus image:
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    I am sure to know why I prefer alignment of LDCad: it properly turns axles in axle holes, something that SR3D doesn't do ;) Yes, dense cons might help. But SR3D also had the bad habit of re-snapping things on load where it thought they should be, sometimes breaking subtle details you painstakingly adjusted...
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    Totally agree, in most cases it is really a delight to work with. Now I just completed the Technic 42043 Arocs, and cramming all the tubing at the base of arm remains a tough task... just as it is in real life ;) Not even sure about that. Sometimes with SR3D you had parts that jumped in the wrong place (eg. 1/2 bushes on axles) and it was very difficult to get them right. With LDCad you have the grid mode as fallback if this happens!
  23. Philo
    Yes it is programmable, you can use BricxCC/NQC to program it (you will need a special serial cable for this). See for exemple my GBC module based on it: at t=39s (couldn't properly embed start time here?)
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    Yes it is programmable, you can use BricxCC/NQC to program it (you will need a special serial cable for this). See for exemple my GBC module based on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIPNFSDVj0?t=39s
  25. Philo
    Not the same thing as SR3D (sometimes much better, sometimes not as powerful - yet!), but I have switched to LDCad and I am very, very happy with it. Of course, depending on you needs, YMMV!
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