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(...) Just drop your ldraw models into your "My Documents/LEGO Creations/Models" directory and then open LDD and click on the model in the open dialog (it will have a yellow brick as an icon). To export them append .ldr to the model when saving the (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Excellent! I ran into a few issues, but for the most part, it seems to work! Will definitely make it easier to design models being able to switch between formats. Now if only there were some way to mark which parts are actually available for (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I must have been reading this wrong, because I was looking for something that would send my LDD .lxf file to LDraw/MLCAD, not import an LDraw file into LDD. But this is cool too, and it works: (URL) Well look at that. Almost whole. He just (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) If you want to buy your model after conversion you can change it to use the My Trains set: Open the palette dialog (next to the brick dialog - click on the button with the downwards arrow). Now click on the My Trains palette to add it to the (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This is great (and surprising) news and I'd like to help ensure that LDD and LDraw continue to be able to inter-operate. I won't be able to install the new version of LDD until the weekend, but am excited by the prospect. Chris Dee (speaking (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) You can do that as well, when you are saving the model in LDD just add .ldr to the end of the model name and it will export as an ldraw file instead of saving in lxf. -- Marc Sutton Lead Programmer LEGO Digital Designer (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Yah, I figured that out, but it seems there are some parts from the My Trains pallete which are not available... Also, is there anyway to get a part inventory for your current design? --Bram (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks for the help! This is the final multi-colored (URL) Regardless, I'm still amazed at the direction this is heading. It's definitely feeling futuristic. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> :: creations :: moonbase :: shipyard (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) There should be brick lists up on legofactory.com soon which should help. If there are models you build with only the bricks in My Trains then that's a problem, can you send me the model? (...) The button on the main toolbar that looks like a (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This is all very promising. There seems to be significant gaps in the available parts, but the conversion from .ldr to LDD format was really quite fast and painless. The creating sets for downloading and buying aside, is it possible to set it (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) OK, I have to admit that this seems to work very well. (Well, exporting anyway; importing seems more hit and miss due to part constraints in LDD.) Having said that, I'd like to request here that this be added to the documentation. It's (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I'll get someone to add something to the FAQ page and will put it in a future manual. (...) That's right. -- Marc Sutton Lead Programmer LEGO Digital Designer (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm assuming that it won't cope with .mpd files in a similar way? Tim (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) LDD can load mpd files but it flattens them during the loading process (LDD doesn't support grouping or subassemblies). When you save it out again it will be saved out as a flat list of bricks so remember to keep a backup. -- Marc Sutton Lead (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thats even cooler, I have absolutely no problems living without the sub assemblies feature as long as it include the part in the LDD model (yay, all my Ldraw MOCs are .mpds) Tim (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Having tried this with a random MOC I had it works a treat. One thing to watch out for tho is that some parts seem to have a different origin in LDD to Ldraw and so will appear out of position. (the particular part I found this on was the (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Having tried some .mpd files it seems to be a bit selective as to how well it copes. Some sub-assemblies seem to come out perfectly, while others are misplaced and some missing completely. It still works far better than I though it would. I'm (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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