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America ISBN: 1-931836-76-0 Technical Reviewer: Lars C Hassing Cover Designer: Michael Kavish Acquisitions Editor: Jonathan Babcock Page Layout and Art by: Shannon Tozier Copy Editor: Darlene Bordwell Indexer: Rich Carlson CD Production: Michael Donovan Distributed by Publishers Group West in the United States and Jaguar Book Group in Canada 240_LEGOtools_FM.qxd 12/3/02 4:38 PM Page v Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the following people for their kindness and support in making this book possible A special thanks to Matt Gerber at Brickswest for his help and support for our books Karen Cross, Lance Tilford, Meaghan Cunningham, Kim Wylie, Harry Kirchner, Kevin Votel, Kent Anderson, Frida Yara, Jon Mayes, John Mesjak, Peg O’Donnell, Sandra Patterson, Betty Redmond, Roy Remer, Ron Shapiro, Patricia Kelly, Andrea Tetrick, Jennifer Pascal, Doug Reil, David Dahl, Janis Carpenter, and Susan Fryer of Publishers Group West for sharing their incredible marketing experience and 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Islands, and the Cook Islands Winston Lim of Global Publishing for his help and support with distribution of Syngress books in the Philippines v 240_LEGOtools_FM.qxd 12/3/02 4:38 PM Page vi 240_LEGOtools_FM.qxd 12/3/02 4:38 PM Page vii Contributors Kevin Clague is a Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, where he does verification work on their Ulta-SPARC V RISC processor He also worked for Amdahl Corporation for 18 years as a Diagnostic Engineer Kevin played with LEGO as a child, and got back into LEGO as an adult when his wife, Jan, got him the LEGO MINDSTORMS Dark Side Developer Kit for Christmas three years ago Kevin soon got himself a LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System 1.5 set, and has been having fun inventing LEGO creations ever since In 2001 Kevin got involved with authoring LEGO instruction books for Syngress Publishing, including 10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Dark Side Robots,Transports, and Creatures: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour (ISBN: 1-931836-59-0) and 10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Ultimate Builders Projects: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour (ISBN: 1-931836-60-4) In the process, Kevin developed the LPub program for creating professional quality building instructions using MLCad, L3P, and POV-Ray More recently, Kevin has developed the LSynth program so that bendable LEGO parts can more easily be documented when creating building instructions Kevin would like to thank his wife, Jan, and children, Aaron,Tony, Allison, and Andrew for “ooohing” and “aaahing” over his LEGO creations Miguel Agullo was born in Spain and has lived abroad for long periods of time, from the Far East to South America, from central Europe to the U.S.Trained as a journalist and impressed with the candor and resourcefulness of the online LEGO community, he tries to give something back by regularly updating his Web site at http://www.geocities.com/ technicpuppy with instructions for new models, new LDraw pieces, and anything he thinks is worth sharing with other LEGO aficionados His building interests revolve around robotics, and specifically biomechanics: creating mechanisms that mimic the behavior of natural devices such as legs or arms Miguel’s creations include biped walkers, robots that jump, and a fully functional (including a brake!) LEGO motorcycle His current vii 240_LEGOtools_FM.qxd 12/3/02 4:38 PM Page viii hobbies include boating, biking, traveling, and learning Thai and Dutch (his wife is Thai and they live in Amsterdam—which also explains the boat and the bike) Miguel was a contributing author for 10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms: Dark Side Robots,Transports, and Creatures: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour (Syngress Publishing, ISBN: 1-931836-59-0) Technical Reviewer Lars C Hassing lives in Århus, Denmark, only 90 km from Billund, where (naturally) he has a season pass to LEGOLAND Lars works as a programmer at CCI Europe, where he builds large scale, multi-user desktop publishing programs for newspaper publishers in Europe and in the U.S He is the author of L3P and L3Lab, which are programs he created for the LDraw community (www.ldraw.org) Lars is married with two young sons, which gives him a perfect excuse for playing with LEGO viii 240_LEGOtools_TOC.qxd 12/3/02 2:49 PM Page ix Contents Foreword xvii Chapter A LEGO CAD System Introduction The Software Power Tools Suite of Applications LDraw MLCad LSynth L3P and POV-Ray LPub The LEGO Community AT-ST Building Instructions LEGO as a Learning Tool Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions 5 6 7 10 11 Chapter Installation Introduction Installing the Software The LDraw Parts Library LSynth L3P LPub POV-Ray MEGA-POV Examples MLCad 13 14 16 16 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 ix 240_LEGOtools_indx.qxd 12/3/02 4:39 PM Page 479 Index scaling LEGO models, 86 scenes described, 290 with models (fig.), 178 seams, adding to images, 304-305 searching rules, MLCad, 246 Select Color window, MLCad (fig.), 123 selecting deactivating selection, 161 parts, 191-192 various parts, 113-162 selection box (fig.), 160 Select Model dialog window (fig.), 168 Select Part dialog window (fig.), 164 Shaded mode (fig.), 79 shock absorbers, 356-357 shortcuts See keyboard shortcuts Snap to Grid button (fig.), 132 software included on CD-ROM, installing, 16 LEGO-based, 34 necessary installations, 23 Software Power Tools, 2, 4-7 sorting parts, 193-194 specifications, synthesis, 253 sport podium model See podium model Spring2DAT bendable-part synthesizer, 252 standards, LDraw, 29 Star Wars and LEGO, 374 theme in minifigs, 119 Statusbar, XYZ coordinates in, 113-114 step-by-step instructions, adding to models, 205-225 studs, 54 measurements in parts library, 99 479 measuring units, 130 submodels and groups, 194-196 minifig (fig.), 168 some primitive (fig.), 231 using for basic parts, 230 SYNTH END meta command, 255 SYNTH meta commands, 253 synthesis band-type, 267-278 constraints, 255, 259 described, 252 hose-type, 257-267 specification, 260, 263 system, LEGO, T tangents, 271-274 Technic axles, 233, 236 brick (fig.), 148 chains, 276-277 hoses (figs.), 254, 255 synthesized ribbed hose (fig.), 255 Technic Puppy Journal, 385-386 textures in parts, 100 toilet bowls, 375 toolbars, MLCad (fig.), 44 tools, LDraw-compatible, installing, 14 torso (minifig) in correct position (fig.), 129 hidden (fig.), 158 misaligned (fig.), 131 trademarks, 380-381 trading LEGO parts, 376 translating LDraw files to POV files, 302 tread, 275-276 240_LEGOtools_indx.qxd 480 12/3/02 4:39 PM Page 480 Index trigonometry, 233 Tschager,Willy, 354 U Uhlmann, Lutz, 284 Ungroup button (fig.), 162 V vector, rotation, 144 vectors, 232 view angles, 109-111 and 3D models, 81-84, 218 axes that connect, 112 preset, with axis positions (fig.), 114 Viewbar, Draw to Selection button (fig.), 224 viewing instruction steps, 211-213 MLCad options (fig.), 245 virtual LEGO mosaics, 176 landscapes, creating, 173-174 space, 109, 115 MLCad, center of (fig.), 115 virtuous cycle, 31-33 W Web pages building instructions for champ (fig.), 340 creating with LPub, 349-351 Web sites 3D Cafe, 382 Brickfilms, 372-373 Bricklink, 375-376 Brickshelf, 216, 369-371 Clague, Kevin, 384-385 First LEGO League, 378-379 From Bricks to Bothans, 374-375 Jennifer Clark, L3PAO, 319 Lars Hassing’s, LDraw, 29, 231, 284 LDraw.org, 371-372 LEGO, official, 379-382 LEGO sphere instructions, 86 LEGO Users Group Network, 40 LSynth, 253 Lugnet, 29, 367-369 meta commands, 204 Michael Agullo, 385 personal, 382 Rubber Belt Generator, 252 Spring2DAT bendable-part synthesizer, 252 Syngress, 11 wheels, 184, 275 Windows 95 and LEGO CAD, 11, 27 coloring functions, 124 Windows 2000 Professional Command Prompt window (fig.), 285 Windows Notepad, opening champ file in (fig.), 189 Wireframe mode (fig.), 78-80 X XYZ coordinate system axes and view angles, 112-113 and camera positioning, 314-315 described, 111-112 L3P use of, 293 parts, precise position, 154 240_LEGOtools_indx.qxd 12/3/02 4:39 PM Page 481 Index reading in MLCad, 113 relevance to modeling, 183 Y Y rotation axis button, Elementbar, 60-61 Z Zoombar, MLCad, 45 zoom factors MLCad Preview window, different, 53 setting (fig.), 85, 87 view angle change adjustments, 83 481 240_LEGOtools_indx.qxd 12/3/02 4:39 PM Page 482 GNU GENERAL 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