Topic: Library

The 2010-01 LDraw parts update has been now been released.

This update includes 479 files in the core library, including 238 new parts, and many more files updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. A further 13 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor Agreement, replacing files that were not redistributable.

Scott Wardlaw and the LDraw Standards Committee have also been working on a new revision to the colour configuration file (LDConfig.ldr) and a new version is included in this update. Major updates include the addition of 9 colours that were omitted (including all three Metallic Colours), and the removal of 4 colors that were accidentally added in the last update. Rubber Colours have been given their own section.

I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org Parts Update 2009-03. The .ini file defines (among other thigns) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator.

Download the file from my personal website: http://www.holly-wood.it/mlcad/ini-en.html

Willy Tschager
(LDraw Administration Team)

The 2009-03 LDraw parts update has been now been released.

This update includes 561 files in the core library, including 269 new parts, and many more files updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. A further 8 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor Agreement, replacing files that were not redistributable.

The 2009-02 LDraw parts update has been now been released.

This update includes 385 files in the core library, including 195 new parts, and many more files updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. A further 8 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor Agreement, replacing files that were not redistributable.

Following substantial work by Scott Wardlaw and Willy Tschager the colour configuration file has also been updated.

I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org Parts Update 2009-01. The .ini file defines (among other thigns) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator.

Download the file from my personal website: http://www.holly-wood.it/mlcad/ini-en.html

Willy Tschager
(LDraw Administration Team)

The 2009-01 LDraw parts update has been now been released.

This update includes 671 files in the core library, including 307 new parts, and many more files updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. A total of 19 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor Agreement, replacing files that were not redistributable.

LDraw.org has been granted all the permissions for the new All-In-One-Installer it has sought and based on these permissions a new license scheme for the installer has been chosen.

The chart lists brick shapes we've got from the LEGO Universe Team. They need some clean-up to be suitable for the LDraw Parts Tracker. If you wanna contribute just download the file you want work on, but don't forget to email the LDraw Administration Team telling the part number your working on - your name will be associated with the part in order to avoid overlap.

As announced in this article members of the Steering Committee (SteerCo) have been in contact with LEGO to look at ways of working together to ease the conversion between the LEGO Digital Designer and the LDraw System Of Tools. This relationship has led the LDraw Steering Committee to the Lego Universe project in regards to it's building tools and such. So to help the process along, The Lego Universe team has started to share information regarding the brick shapes to further the relationship.

LDRAW.ORG
NonCA-PARTS LIBRARY AGREEMENT
NonCAreadme.txt

1. Introduction

   The following is the README text for the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library NOT licenced by the Creative Commons Attribution Licence 2.0 as specified by the LDraw Contributor Agreement (CA). Parts which fall under the NonCA agreement will contain the following line in their headers:

   0 !LICENCE Not redistributable : see NonCAreadme.txt

   However this text is not a licence! It is simply a handy reference for understanding that these parts are only governed by copyright, which means that LDraw.org was granted an exclusive tacit approval to distribute them when the parts were submitted to the LDraw Parts Tracker (or it's previous structure) for certification. This text itself has no legal value. It is a human-readable expression of some key terms since all rights lay with the original copyright holders.

2. Rights

   You are free:

   • to use the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library

   You are NOT free:

   • to copy, distribute, and display the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library

   • to make derivative works to make commercial use of the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library

   Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.

   Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.

3. Enforcements

   The single copyright holders are the sole entity responsible for enforcements of their copyrights. LDraw.org is the sole distributor of these files. Since you are not free to make derivative works of NonCA-Parts LDraw.org considers the following good rules of thumb to determine if a new file is not a Derivative work. If in doubt contact the current LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) or the single copyright holders.

   What is not considered a Derivative work?

   • Rendered images generated from the LDraw NonCA-Part library. Rendering here covers any conversion of a 3D model file into a 2D image.

   • Model files containing references only (the source code for the part may NOT be included in any form) to parts in the official LDraw NonCA-Parts Library at the time of their creation. If the sole or main purpose (as determined by the LDraw SteerCo in consultation with the potentially offending author and LDraw community at large) of the Model file is to include large numbers of NonCA-Parts then it WILL be considered a derivative work.

   • Alternative libraries of parts which LDraw.org does not own or enforce the copyright. If some or more of the parts in the library are converted from the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library then they must be considered a Derivative work.

LDraw.org, July 2007