Nachapon Bricks

The new roof tiles are roof tile subtracted by themself. Please make green or blue one. mecabricks test new parts 2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

It would be nice if we can render Macabricks's parts (that LDD and Ldraw don't have) in POV-Ray. It is easy to test some new part idea in Mecabricks. Mecabricks: an easy way to test new parts design. by Nachapon S., on Flickr Scrubs , would you please make this easy new part(s) for me? The New Roof Tile Lego 2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Very good job! Very easy to use. Is it possible to import/export the models/parts froom/to LDD/Ldraw, or render your sail parts in Pov-ray etc?

More pics by LDD2PovRay rendering. (4096x3072 pixels) Lego 2013 new x-wing 10240 LDD by Nachapon S., on Flickr 2013 Lego 10240 new UCS x-wing LDD by Nachapon S., on Flickr

I found that with PrintScreen key can snap high quality 32xAA screenshots on Nvidia GTX660M. But the Ctrl+K can not. LDD 32xAA screenshot by Nachapon S., on Flickr LDD high quailty screenshot by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Thanks for your supports. I got an official Lego comment on cuusoo here. http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/2750 It is a good idea to add a 1x4 plate there. Lego Design ID 11267 Slide 6 Modules High new part by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Maybe the artifact is easy to be seen with normal radiosity / low resolution / no AA. In some scene, you can fast render focal blur as well. I will make step-by-step guide soon. focal blur fast render trick by Nachapon S., on Flickr b-wing focal blur speed render by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Thanks for share your nice rendering pictures and trick result. I am happy to heard that the trick save your time nad help you make a success rendering. When i tried render some big file without the trick. The rendering even can't start because the POV-Ray consume out 8 GB RAM before complete the parsing. I noticed that your black and withe still have some lighting. It will be rendered faster and make better selection mask. If you.. In tab Model => lowest quality, riginal LDD geometry. In tab Scene => Background check Set color to a color that your bricks didn't use, Uncheck transparent & add base plane. In tabs Lights / Radiosity / Matterials => disable them all. In tab Rendering => lowest Quality, quick color.

Yes, I did Photoshop them. Only the number 6 can use custom decorations tool.

Thanks, Calabar. I will edit the first post soon.

Good for make coloring book and comic! I'm glad that the trick can save your time. Cool ! Focal blur HQ takes very long time to render. In some case this similar trick can speed up focal blur, too. Modify LXF to another version with sharp objects only. Only the sharp tower was beveled and custom radeisity, but no focal blur. Total time 45 min. (all object focal blur LQ 2048x1536 33min / sharp tower HQ 3072 x 2340 12min ) Without trick, the sharp tower look bad because of normal radiosity & no bevels. Taj Mahal - by ADHO15 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

The normal radiosity is much faster than custom radiosity. The renderings time are 00:18:38 + 00:05:08 + 00:00:54 = 00:24:40

Thanks for share your result. Maybe radiosity and light slow you down. It took 00:24:40 for normal radiosity / 2 light (one no shadow). MSC_Light_Cargo_Shuttle_GHL_Variant 2440 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

The updated V2 of first one should be the best for now. It works with hinge align tool. I will improve the second one later. done Just noticed that the original LDD of first one is not fully extended, I will make one later. Moto cross front shocks fixed: LXf:http://www.brickshel..._mod_shocks.lxf 81 moto cross with mod shocks a by Nachapon S., on Flickr Testing.. ldd 61927 mod by Nachapon S., on Flickr

This is WIP.

The first one crash my LDD once. (Fixed V2) Win7 x64, i7 3630QM, 8 GB RAM. This one should be stable, I will fix the first one soon. 41475 shock ABS. LXF: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/nachapon/deathstar/41475_mod_v2.lxf 41475 mod by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Compressed 76537 shocks. Should work with hinge align tool now. Try them as your own risk. LXF: http://www.brickshel...6537_mod_v2.lxf 76537 mod v2 by Nachapon S., on Flickr LDD MOD shock 1 by Nachapon S., on Flickr

To combine 3 images: Arrange the B&W mask at bottom layer. LDD geometry at middle layer. No trans part at top layer. Use select by color at white color on B&W layer, switch to top layer then hit delete, All done.

In some case, Black and white selection mask is not necessary. Just use quick color rendering as mask. Then you can poss-process chang your bricks colors separately without re-render. color selection mask by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Please modify your LDD lxf file to additional two versions before render. ???nt.lxf = no trans part. ???bw.lxf = trans part white color, others black color. LDD2PovRay speed rendering trick by Nachapon by Nachapon S., on Flickr All renderings sample with this trick below took around 3 hours only.(use 7 of 8 threads to reduce temp) alienwar9 26000 pcs LDD by Nachapon S., on Flickr LDD by ZueriHB (20,000 pcs) by Nachapon S., on Flickr Eurobricks 3rd LDD RCB by Nachapon S., on Flickr

You are right, I didn't fine adjust the position this time. This bug is useful to use with Ldd2povray . lego illusion 4b by Nachapon S., on Flickr

lego illusion 4a by Nachapon S., on Flickr

I found that bug file made of Zblj 's report can be rendered! http://www.eurobrick...opic=65020&st=0 bug by Nachapon S., on Flickr

Ldd2PovRay illusion 3 by Nachapon S., on Flickr Ldd2PovRay illusion 3 by Nachapon S., on Flickr lego color illusion by Nachapon S., on Flickr

I also try easy way, built a dummy struture with same stud dimension to make hinge align tool to work. Then use it as an angle template. The result is ok the parts fit, but not as perfect as sketch way. Because the hinges are just touch but not connect eachother. lego 10179 dummy for hinge align tool by Nachapon S., on Flickr LDD by DenJansen _hinge align by Nachapon S., on Flickr