New pieces libraries
LDraw.org released its second update for 2010 of the pieces library this month. As always, a short time afterwards the updated pieces library for LeoCAD was also released.
New LeoCAD version
A new version of LeoCAD (0.75.1) was also released, fixing the Minifig wizard that was broken in the previous Linux versions. With it, you [...]
Another package has been updated, this time for ldglite version 1.2.4
It’s a simple version update that corrects some small bugs.
As always, packages can be downloaded from my site while the SlackBuild is in the pending queue.
The parts library for LeoCAD has been updated and now contains 3.299 pieces.
The updated Slackware package (~ 14MB) can be downloaded from my site.
After some requests, I created a Slackware package with the lgeo parts library. It can be downloaded from my site.
If you prefer, you can download the library from the author’s website and use the SlackBuild to create your own package.
I created an updated package with the LDRAW Library of Lego pieces that includes all parts up to September, 16th, 2009.
The “unix-complete” file from ldraw.org has not been updated for years, so this package was based on the Windows file “complete.zip” but can be used without any problems under Slackware.
As always, the package can be [...]
Some time ago I promised to give some basic instructions on how to create nice images of Lego constructions with POV-Ray on Linux. Now that Christmas is arriving, I finally found some time to convert my own instructions into something that can almost be called a “tutorial”
What will you need:
LeoCAD – to “build” [...]
For those who use LDView on Slackware-current and noticed that it suddenly stopped working: the problem is in the latest update of the “boost” library:
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Thu Dec 17 20:51:37 UTC 2009
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l/boost-1.41.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This latest update does not include the *-mt (=multi-thread) libraries, as the “normal” version is already multi-threaded.
The solution to get LDView working again is simply [...]
After exchanging a few e-mails with the author, I have managed to build Slackware packages for LeoCAD, both 32 and 64-bits versions.LeoCAD is a wonderful piece of software to create your own Lego constructions virtually on your computer – with an unlimited amount of pieces It can import and export LDR (LDraw) files, and [...]
Today I finished the Slackware packages for POV-Ray, the Persistence of Vision Raytracer, a fantastic free tool for creating stunning 3D images.It can be used also for creating beautiful images of your Lego creations. In a future post I might write a small “how-to” with step-by-step instructions, but here is a small example:
As always, the [...]
LeoCAD is not so simple as I thought… The 64-bit version compiles after some patching, but it crashes horribly with some basic things.While sorting this out, I built packages for ldglite, a little program to view and edit LDraw files. It can be called from the command line also to create images of your drawings.Here [...]
Dutch guy living in Brazil. Has worked in the IT business since it was invented (well, almost...). Interests: Slackware, Lego, Star Wars.