Custom LDD bricks and fixes

[SylvainLS]

Here is a CSV (separator ‘;’ (semi-colon), with headers) with the parts that:

• are not in LDD,
• are available in LDraw,
• have usage dates in BL.

I tried to clean that long list (from 1011 to 672 parts):

• removed Quatro and Primo  but left Duplo (some people use them as filler),
• removed assemblies (there’s a lot of them in BL: wheel + tyre for instance),
• removed subparts / incomplet parts, sometimes added assemblies instead.

There might still be “strange” parts or I might have removed some I shouldn’t have.

Also, some parts are not very well placed in this list because they didn’t appear in many sets but they could be very useful (e.g. Monorail! wink-wink-nudge-nudge).

Anyway, that’s a good base to see if a part may be useful.

Edited May 19, 2020 by SylvainLS

[jester94]

1 minute ago, SylvainLS said:

Here is a CSV (separator ‘;’ (semi-colon), with headers) with the parts that:

• are not in LDD,
• are available in LDraw,
• have usage dates in BL.

I tried to clean that long list (from 1011 to 672 parts):

• removed Quatro and Primo  but left Duplo (some people use them as filler),
• removed assemblies (there’s a lot of them in BL: wheel + tyre for instance),
• removed subparts / incomplet parts, sometimes added assemblies instead.

There might still be “strange” parts or I might have removed some I shouldn’t have.

Also, some parts are not very well placed in this list because they didn’t appear in many sets but they could be very useful (e.g. Monorail! wink-wink-nudge-nudge).

Anyway, that’s a good base to see if a part may be useful.

Your link isn't working(
But i think I have a lot of work to do)

[SylvainLS]

Link corrected.

Sorry there still are too many parts.  I thought I shouldn’t force my views / needs and let you pick what you prefer to work on.

[M2m]

I don’t think LDD has the right connection Types to support Duplo. 
I am only aware of these connection types:

https://github.com/sttng/LDD/blob/master/doc/Custom2DField.md

[The Mugbearer]

Thank you so much for this!!! You have no idea how much of a game-changer this is for me! 

 

EDIT: Encountered a part that refuses to load:

Edited May 19, 2020 by The Mugbearer

[Takanuinuva]

So the parts aren't showing up in my LDD. I followed all the steps.

Is it cause LIF-Extractor-Win-64bit isn't in the appdata lego digital designer folder?

Edited May 19, 2020 by Takanuinuva

[SNIPE]

Thank you, Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Edited May 19, 2020 by SNIPE
oops I misread the topic, please move to the appropriate thread :P

[Cyberfounder]

This is fantastic, totally amazing! 

[jester94]

4 hours ago, Takanuinuva said:

So the parts aren't showing up in my LDD. I followed all the steps.

Is it cause LIF-Extractor-Win-64bit isn't in the appdata lego digital designer folder?

Did you rename db.lif?

5 hours ago, The Mugbearer said:

Thank you so much for this!!! You have no idea how much of a game-changer this is for me! 

 

EDIT: Encountered a part that refuses to load:
 

Check that all .xml files are in in Primitives folder and .g files are in the the LOD0 folder

Edited May 19, 2020 by jester94

[Frike]

Wow, I'm sure this will be incredibly useful!

[Calabar]

21 hours ago, SylvainLS said:

That would be the “New parts” diagram with the same for “Not in LDD”: 

Great, that's the data I wanted to see (obviously the useful data is a list of parts). So it seems that 1996? 1997? is the year where parts count increased dramatically.
So my proposal is to concentrate the efforts on bricks released before this year in order to complete this finite finite set.

I didn't thought so many old parts are missing in LDD, are old variants included in the graphics?

About Duplo parts, I think we could give them very low priority at the moment.

[Stephan]

1 hour ago, jester94 said:

Check that all .xml files are in in Primitives folder and .g files are in the the LOD0 folder

I have the same problem with this part. I will look into it for the newest parts pack.

[Zerobricks]

Amazing progress.

Is there a way I could kindly request the following components?

I think a request topic might be in order.

Lego5292 Electric, Motor RC Race Buggy

 

Le39793 Technic, Pin Connector Block, Liftarm 1 x 3 x 3

 

Lego49283 Technic, Axle and Wire Connector

 

bb0959c01 LegoElectric, Motor - Powered Up, L

 

bb0960c0 Electric, Motor - Powered Up, XL

 

Lego bb0961c01  Electric Battery Box Powered Up Bluetooth Hub with Dark Bluish Gray Bottom

 

Lego52730 Technic, Steering CV Joint Axle, Wide

 

Lego52731 Technic, Steering CV Joint, Large Ball

 

46490c01 LegoTechnic, Steering Axle with 2 Pin Holes, 2 Axle Holes and 2 Ball Joint Arms with Dark Bluish Gray Wheel Hub (46490 / 92909)

 

39794 Technic, Liftarm 7 x 11 Open Center Frame Thick

 

Lego35185 Technic, Gear 20 Tooth Double Bevel with Clutch on Both Sides

 

Lego49294 Wheel 56mm D. x 34mm Technic Racing Medium, 6 Pin Holes, Axle Hole, Open Spokes

Lego46882 Technic, Panel Car Mudguard 15 x 2 x 7   35188 Technic, Changeover Rotary Catch   Lego35186 Technic, Driving Ring Extension with 8 Teeth Inside and Outside   And if possible a custom model, BuWizz 2.0   If you need any kind of a help, measurements, etc, please contact me. Thanks!

Edited May 19, 2020 by Zerobricks

[Cyberfounder]

Just one question, I render a lot of my LDD projects with BlueRender and after importing this new list of pieces I get an error saying that BlueRender cannot locate the db. lif file and i need to manually add it. How do I return the extracted file back to a .LIF file? 

[jester94]

1 hour ago, Stephan said:

I have the same problem with this part. I will look into it for the newest parts pack.

Reloaded files to drive

[SylvainLS]

9 hours ago, M2m said:

I don’t think LDD has the right connection Types to support Duplo. 

Bottom tube connection?

 

8 hours ago, The Mugbearer said:

Encountered a part that refuses to load:

The skirt is missing its .g file.  We talked about it a few days ago.

 

1 hour ago, Calabar said:

So it seems that 1996? 1997? is the year where parts count increased dramatically.

1997-1998.  2000 is a low and “creativity” explodes again in 2001-2004.

 

1 hour ago, Calabar said:

are old variants included in the graphics?

No, but that doesn’t change much (I didn’t want to spam the topic with more and more graphs):

The interesting bits in the graph is that green is almost nowhere (by definition, green ≥ yellow) and purple isn’t very visible either (purple ≥ blue), especially before 2002.

As I said, there are errors and parts we are not interested in (Quatro…) but they don’t modify the trends much.

 

1 hour ago, Calabar said:

About Duplo parts, I think we could give them very low priority at the moment.

Yes, as I said, I let them because I don’t want to decide (interestingly, they are the most “useful”).  They are not that numerous (84) and rather simple.  And if they can’t be added anyway, they are even less of a problem.

[Cyberfounder]

All parts work fine with me, the skirt is loading perfectly. 

[M2m]

2 hours ago, SylvainLS said:

Bottom tube connection?

I think we would need a specific male connector type for the Duplo Studs to allow 2x2 bricks to be placed but for ex 2x2 plates not.  With the existing types I don’t see that possibility.  

[Stephan]

2 hours ago, Cyberfounder said:

How do I return the extracted file back to a .LIF file? 

We don't know ?

[Stephan]

2 hours ago, jester94 said:

Reloaded files to drive

Will try to make a new pack this evening.

[Stephan]

17 hours ago, jester94 said:

But i think I have a lot of work to do)

Could you add 28327 for me 

 

Edit: nevermind.

Edited May 19, 2020 by Stephan

[SylvainLS]

1 minute ago, Stephan said:

Could you add 28327 for me 

It’s already there, officially.  (Door frame 4 x 4 x 6 Corner)  Typo?

[jester94]

4 minutes ago, Stephan said:

Could you add 28327 for me 

28327 is already in LDD

[Toitoine]

Congratulations for the job done !

is there a way to add these new parts in LDD for Mac OS X ?

[jester94]

5 minutes ago, Toitoine said:

Congratulations for the job done !

is there a way to add these new parts in LDD for Mac OS X ?

Of course! There is LIF extractor for MacOs