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Blender LDraw Importer
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lugnet.cad
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Date:
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Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:56:15 GMT
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I made a Python script for Blender that imports LDraw models. More info and download
here.
Features
- Utilizes Blender’s hierarchical object structure, for easy moving and management of parts
- Uses mesh-linking, so that every duplicate part has the same mesh, but can have different colors and transformations
- Imports colors from the LDraw header file as materials, complete with raytraced transparency for transparent colors, emissive materials for luminescent colors, and raytraced reflections for chrome, metal, and pearlescent colors
- Supports parts with multiple colors (stickers)
- Instead of using primitive substitution like L3P, it can automatically set all round primitives (cylinders, spheres, cones, and tori) to use smoothed normals
- If smoothing is not enough for you, it can also force models to use hi-res primitives when available
- Can replace light.dat references with lamps, complete with color from the model file
- Can scale individual parts to create a seam between pieces
- Saves preferences for future imports
- Uses a simple GUI
Here’s a simple comparison of output from L3P and from my script. It contains
the 64 official LDraw colors.
 
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