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That’s not how new parts are added to Studio. First, the Studio team doesn’t model parts, they add collision and connectivity info to parts in the LDraw format. And the official sources for those parts are, in order of preference: The LDraw Official Library. LDraw Unofficial parts. Models from TLG (still in LDraw format) (just a few are in Studio). Studio knows other parts. A lot of them are raw conversions from LDD to LDraw, but they generaly miss connectivity info (they are mainly there to allow importing LDD models). There’s also decorated parts that are not in LDraw but use the base LDraw model with a texture map. You may want to read this thread on the Studio forum that talks about the Parts repository which is the semi-official way to submit parts to Studio.

FWIW, as of the last official update of the new LDD parts, there’s 85 parts for which there’s no LDraw models (at least that I could find). (Out of ca. 627 custom parts.)

LDD2PovRay uses LDD’s geometries. It doesn’t need LDraw. It’s because it uses LDD’s geometries that LDD2PovRay uses a virtual filesystem to temporarily write the geometries in POV-Ray’s textual format without anyone but POV-Ray having access to them.

Update 2021-06-22 Added: 15553 / 15553.dat Minifig Headdress Batgirl 15851 / 15851.dat Minifig Helmet Motorcycle with Open Face and Visor 21700 / 21700.dat Minifig Tool Screwdriver with 4 Prongs 24067 / 24067.dat Bundled Baby with Stud Holder on Back 27385 / 27385.dat Minifig Hair Mohawk Wide 30131 / 30131.dat Tree 6 x 6 Hollow Stump 62386 / 62386.dat Constraction Foot 3 x 6 x 2.333 with Squared Ball Socket Importable: 67692.dat / 22484 =Bar 2L with Ball Joint-8 Added Custom Parts: 36452 / 36452.dat Minifig Neck Bracket with 4 Angled Handles Corrected Custom Parts: 36840 / 36840.dat Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 1 Up 500182 / 50018b.dat Minifig Tool Impact Wrench with Opposing Studs with Angled Ribbed Handle and Rear Bar Handle md5sum: 2c11b1a43da1373c8d147ddfc470d8a9

You can export to DAE… though I think there are problems there. You can also export to LDraw and use the Blender plugin(s) to import that….

It was when EyeSight came out. Or maybe the firm that was contracted to make EyeSight for Studio had a clairvoyant

@Toastie “Green side” = NVidia GPU (their logo is green). When you have a supported NVidia GPU, you have an option to use CPU or GPU to render (scroll down a bit to see it). GPU is, supposedly, faster (depends on both CPU and GPU). Now, EyeSight (Studio’s Photorealistic renderer) is based on Blender’s Cycles and Cycles can use both NVidia and AMD GPU (or any OpenCL compatible GPU) but, strangely, EyeSight can’t. Last news I had about it (a few weeks ago), the Studio team was looking into updating EyeSight (also because it doesn’t work with recent NVidia GPUs). I don’t know if or when there’ll be a new version of if it will support OpenCL. (And for Wine users: CUDA sometimes works in Wine… but not with EyeSight (it sees the card but can’t use it).)

For French: model: modèle, mesh: maillage, bone: os if it’s about one bone, ossature if you’re talking of a group of bones, or armature is good too. You way also keep mesh and bone: A lot of people are used to use the English terms because the available material is mainly in English, and also because they are lazy and using English words makes them sound “knowledgeable” (like any jargon).

Yes.

Yes, but only one stud (e.g., one 1x1 plate in one hole, not a 1x2 plate in two holes), and beware that the Technic holes are higher than a side stud, so there’s alignment problems (that means nothing should go past the technic brick and sit on the parts that uses the technic hole (“overhanging”) or that you shouldn’t mix technic holes + half pins and side studs.). Search for the PDF Stressing the Elements by Jamie Berard.

Update 2021-05-10 Added Custom Parts: 21987 / 21987.dat Constraction Bar 15L with Axle Bush End 46891 / 46891.dat Technic Excavator Bucket 19 x 12 65128 / 65128.dat Container Lid 8 x 8 x 4.667 with Latches 983930 / 1010470.dat Figure Friends Medical Spoon md5sum: 35dd924f8f41917eb1cc0787bc401157

Update 2021-05-09 Added: 6206 / 6206.dat Figure Feeding Bottle 10183 / 10183.dat Minifig Wings Fairy 11055 / 11055.dat Flag 2 x 2 Square[Thick Clips] 12618 / 12618.dat Minifig Armour Shoulder Pads with Six Spikes 17979 / 17979.dat Flag 5 x 6 Hexagonal with Thicker Clips 28424 / 28424.dat Minifig Police Hat with Hair Pulled Into Bun 47328 / 47328.dat Technic Bionicle Vahki Lower Leg Section 90109 / 90109.dat Tipper Bucket 8 x 12 x 4.667 92814 / 92814.dat Minifig Hat Square Academic Cap with Tassel 93230 / 93230.dat Minifig Hair Swept Back with Pointed Ears 98067 / 98067.dat Animal Dinosaur Lower Jaw Raptor 98387 / 98387.dat Animal Bunny Sitting Corrected: 24093 / 24093.dat Minifig Book Cover 32187 / 32187.dat Technic Transmission Driving Ring Extension 43750 / 43750.dat Serpent Neck S-Curve with Fixed Pin Rematched: 2528 / 2528a.dat Minifig Hat Bicorne 59275 / 59275a.dat Minifig Flipper Thin Importable: 2528.dat / 2528 ~Minifig Hat Bicorne (Obsolete) 35378.dat / 87552 =Panel 1 x 2 x 2 Reinforced 42135.dat / 32039 Technic Connector (Axle/Bush) Type 2 42924.dat / 6558 Technic Pin Long with Friction 44676b.dat / 44676 Flag 2 x 2 Trapezoid [Thick Clips] 44874.dat / 87082 Technic Pin Long with Pin Hole Type 2 59275.dat / 59275 ~Minifig Flipper Thin (Obsolete) Added Custom Parts: 21987 / 21987.dat Constraction Bar 15L with Axle Bush End 24531 / 2453b.dat Brick 1 x 1 x 5 with Solid Stud 32172 / 32172.dat Technic Connector Block 3 x 3 with Ball Socket 35470 / 35470.dat Plate 3 x 5 Cloud Shape with 3 Studs 35477 / 35477.dat Brick 1 x 3 x 1.333 with Rounded Ends 37704 / 37704.dat Sports Ball, Winged, Harry Potter Quidditch Golden Snitch 42205 / 42205.dat Door 1 x 6 x 6 Frame 42509 / 42509.dat Glass for Window 1 x 6 x 6 42924 / 42924.dat Technic Pin Long with Friction Type 2 445671 / 44567a.dat Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with Groove with Single Finger On Side Vertical 46212 / 46212a.dat Brick 1 x 2 x 5 with Hollow Studs without Inner Ridges 47326 / 46326.dat ~Technic Connector 2 x 3 with Ball/Axle Socket with Rubber Insert 50665 / 50665.dat Minifig Helmet Classic with Thin Chin Guard Unbroken 51377 / 51377.dat Wheel Rim 14 x 18 with 8 Spokes 53075 / 53075.dat Animal Dog Dachshund 54661 / 54661.dat Hinge Brick 1 x 4 Locking Double, Two Finger End with 7 Teeth 55889 / 55889.dat Wheel 12 x 18 Smooth 61332 / 61332.dat Technic Pin with Friction Type 2 64454 / 64454.dat Container Box 3 x 8 x 6.667 - Back 64462 / 64462.dat Container Box 3 x 8 x 6.667 - Front 65132 / 65132.dat Hinge Bracket 4 x 5 x 5 Locking with 2 Fingers, Two on Each Side, 3 Teeth and 12 Studs on Back 65140 / 65140.dat Plate 8 x 8 with Rounded Corners 65304 / 65304.dat Technic Pin Long with Stop Bush Type 2 65417 / 65417.dat Boat Hull Floating 36 x 7 x 7 Bottom 65418 / 65418.dat Boat Hull Floating 36 x 7 x 7 Top 65676 / 65676.dat Roadsign Clip-on 2.2 x 2.667 Triangular (Thick C-Clip) 65753 / 65753.dat Minifig Skirt Straight Curved 0.55 Length 66155 / 66155.dat Wheel Rim 30 x 20 with 3 Dual Angled Spokes and 4L Hub 66252 / 66252.dat Plate 4 x 4 with Studs on Three Edges and 2 Clips Horizontal (Open C-Clips) 66787 / 66787.dat Cylinder Warp Pipe 7 x 7 x 3.333 66789 / 66789.dat Plate 6 x 6 x 0.667 with Rounded Corners with Studs on Edges without 4 Centre Studs 66790 / 66790.dat Plate 8 x 8 x 0.667 with Rounded Corners with 5 Vacant Stud Areas 66792 / 66792.dat Plate 4 x 4 x 0.667 with Rounded Corners with Studs on Edges 66855 / 66855.dat Plate 2 x 2 with Truncated Cube Extension 66857 / 66857.dat Tile 2 x 4 with Rounded Ends 66858 / 66858.dat Figure Feet 2 x 2 x 0.667 66859 / 66859.dat Figure Feet 2 x 3 x 0.667 66956 / 66956.dat Slope Brick Curved 2 x 2 with Double Cutout 67013 / 67013.dat Shell 4 x 4 x 1.333 with 2 x 2 Recess 67931 / 67931.dat Shell 4 x 4 x 1.333 with Spikes with 2 x 2 Recess 68211 / 68211.dat Bar 1 L with Three Prongs 69729 / 69729.dat Tile 2 x 6 69900 / 69900.dat Technic Chain Tread 38 Narrow with Central Divider 69944 / 69944.dat Minifig Sword Macuahuitl with Eight Blades 69958 / 69958.dat Plate 16 x 16 x 0.667 with Cutouts and Recessed Studs 70681 / 70681.dat Slope Brick Curved 1 x 3 with 1 x 2 Inverted Cutout 70695 / 70695.dat Tyre 26/ 49 x 30 Tractor 71752 / 71752.dat Brick 2 x 2 x 0.667 Ribbed Horizontally 71771 / 71771.dat Slope Brick Curved 5 x 8 x 0.667 without Studs 71772 / 71772.dat Plate 8 x 16 x 0.667 with Cutouts and Recessed Studs 72078 / 72078.dat Tile 1 x 1 x 0.5 with Raised Diamond Gem 72869 / 72869.dat Bar Tube with Clip Angled 90 Degrees 73109 / 73109.dat Technic Brick 1 x 2 with Plate 1 x 2 73230 / 73230.dat Technic Brick 1 x 1 with Axlehole 73682 / 73682.dat Brick 3 x 3 with Rounded Inverted Cutout and Rounded Corner 73825 / 73825.dat Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 2 Up 76798 / 76798.dat Panel 5 x 8 x 3.667 Curved with Two Axleholes 78267 / 78267.dat Sheet Plastic 5.3 x 20.3 Rectagular with 4 Tabs 983932 / 1010475.dat Figure Friends Medical Clipboard 983933 / 1010481.dat Figure Friends Medical Otoscope 983935 / 1010470.dat Figure Friends Medical Spoon 983936 / 1010462.dat Figure Friends Medical Feeding Bottle 983937 / 1010471.dat Figure Friends Medical Ice Pack 983938 / 1010482.dat Figure Friends Medical Nurse Hat 949001 / u9490c01.dat Minifig Cape Cloth Tattered and Pixelated (Formed) Corrected Custom Parts: 39739 / 39739.dat Tile 1 x 1 Heart Shape 42716 / 42716.dat Wheel Rim 20 x 30 "Torq Thurst" with 5 Spokes and External Ribs 54661 / 54661.dat Hinge Brick 1 x 4 Locking Double, Two Finger End with 7 Teeth 500181 / 50018a.dat Plate 1 x 1 Hexagonal with Studs on Both Sides and 3 Bars at 120 Degrees 500183 / 50018c.dat Bar with Perpendicular Hollow Stud and Bar Importable as Custom Part: 46212.dat / 46212 ~Brick 1 x 2 x 5 without Centre Studs (Obsolete) md5sum: ebf05a258d72a05cb18394db119320c2

2.2.4(5) solved the transparent colours and settings issues.

There’s a 2.2.4(2)… but there’s still problems with it

As its name says web.archive.org is an archive of the web. The URL is the date the page was archived (20190622153357 = 2019 June 22, 15H33m57s) and the full URL of the page, which is LEGO’s own CDN (content distribution network), that’s the URL we were redirected to when we dowloaded LDD from LEGO on June 22th, 2019.

LDD has a bit more than 4000 parts. Studio has 10000 in the Master palette (and knows about around 6000 more). So, yeah, it’s harder to find the needle in the bigger haystack.

Update 2021-03-12 Added: 15423 / 15423.dat Minifig Body Armour Vest 18729 / 18729.dat Windscreen 6 x 10 x 4 Curved 18926 / 18926.dat Tipper Bucket 8 x 12 x 4.6667 25111 / 25111.dat Minifig Sword Dao with Curved Blade and Hilt 30838 / 30838.dat Wheel Rim 6.4 x 11 with 7 Spokes 93565 / 93565.dat Minifig Body and Shoulder Armour Smooth 97895 / 97895.dat Minifig Life Jacket 98150 / 98150.dat Minifig Head Snake 98386 / 98386.dat Animal Puppy Walking Rematched (renamed in LDraw): 9320 / 23807.dat ~Electric Power Functions 2.0 Socket 23306 / 23306.dat Minifig Lightsaber Hilt with Steep Sloping Fingers md5sum: 75125d758db8ef8a3d074291a7cf4abb

Yeah, but not so long ago, it was frowned upon to talk about customizing LDD here. Granted, it was before it was officially abandoned.

I don’t know what needs to be done to Diablo 2 but if it’s a modification of the executable and you distribute it, it’s IP infringement. And if there are protections against it that you need to break, it’s DMCA / EUCD. IOW, it’s not because it’s commonplace to crack and hack games and that only the big bad players are sued that it’s lawful.

Whereas finding the list could fall under “interoperability,” I believe that’d be over the line of what is lawful. (IANAL)

Nope. AFAWK, 4.3.12 was an attempt to solve 4.3.11’s installation problems on Windows 10 (LDD comes with a “Flash Player Active X” crap that doesn’t want to install while it’s absolutely not necessary nor useful, at all), so TLG solved the installation problems but the included Bricks library is way outdated and the program can’t get on the internet to download a more recent one. Total crap. Unfortunately SOP (standard operating procedure) for big companies.

Here you are. (I will remove the file in a few days.) All the parts should be there, the LXFML was corrupted later, in the connections. The order in the LXFML is Bricks, RigidSystem (connections), Groups, Instructions. What I did: extract the .lxf, the extractor complains but the .lxfml is just truncated, open the .lxfml to check the end of the file, see it was truncated in the RigidSystems, go back to the end of the bricks section (</Bricks>), cut from there to the end of the file (keep </Bricks> of course), add a closing </LXFML> tag, open the new .lxfml in LDD to check the file, save as .lxf for convenience. In the future, make more backups

LeoCAD also works natively on Linux and is open source (GPLv2). LDD works very fine with Wine. Studio works fine with Wine… except it can’t do GPU-rendering (sees the card but can’t use it), and you need to use a “virtual desktop” (it’s a Wine option that puts Windows windows inside a X11 window) because of focus problems. (Wine is very simple to use: install the wine packages, and start the installer with wine (e.g. “wine setupldd311.exe” and then you’ll have menu entries.)

I agree on 3. Also, I think that builds that relied on a custom part not having collisions (or having wrong collisions) should not prevent adding or correcting the collisions. Besides, the risk seems very low with this part.

That’s a very small difference, I believe it’s in LDD’s tolerances and it wouldn’t be a problem for older models.