Last Updated on 2021-07-02 by Michael Horvath
Most of the projects on this page were created for or using LDraw, a freeware virtual Lego modeling program, and POV-Ray, a freeware ray-tracer. In addition to the images below, I also have a Flickr photostream with many of my renders.
Contents
Tutorials
| Link | LDraw to SimCity 3000 Unlimited Tutorial:A tutorial describing how to import LDraw models into SimCity 3000 Unlimited. |
| Link | Chromadepth 3D Glasses Tutorial:A tutorial describing how to render LDraw models so that they can be viewed in 3D using Chromatek polarized glasses. |
| Link | Stereoscopic 3D Glasses Tutorial:A tutorial describing how to render LDraw models so that they can be viewed in 3D using a stereoscope. |
| Link | Cleaning LDraw Models for Export:A tutorial describing why it is hard to clean LDraw models for export to other formats and applications. |
Projects
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Lego Set List:A list of all the Lego sets I own. (To the best of my knowledge.) |
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GitHub Gallery |
LDraw Models:Lego models I’ve created using LDraw and POV-Ray. |
| Link |
Carriage House Virtual Tour:A series of panoramic renders showcasing one of my LDraw models. |
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GitHub LUGNET Flickr Wiki |
Datsville:An effort to relicense the community Datsville project under a modern, open software license; as well as to standardize the model parts and related scripts to make it easier for people to expand the project and create new scenes and animations. I also made some tests to see if I could create an tactical RPG based on the project using RPG Maker. They are available on GitHub as well. |
Tools
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POV-Ray Road Macros:Some POV-Ray macros for creating LDraw-style roads. Included are scripts to create circular (or elliptical), spiral and Bezier-shaped roads, as well as a special script for creating road intersections. |
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LDraw Grids & Axes:An assortment of coordinate axes and grids in *.LDR format based on ones I obtained elsewhere. Use them to orient models within a scene’s local coordinate system.(Download size: 5KB; Last updated: 2011-06-11) |
| GitHub |
POV2LDR:A command-line tool meant to “extract” MPD files from POV-Ray scenes generated using L3P by Lars C. Hassing. It works with scenes created by both version 1.3 and version 1.4 of L3P.(Download size: 15KB; Last updated: 2011-06-11) |
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MLCad.grp:My own personal modified version of “MLCad.grp” with many additional parts categories.(Download size: 1KB; Last updated: 2011-06-11) |
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Binary Source |
MLCad CHM Help:The MLCAD help file converted to Microsoft HTML Help format.(Last updated: 2011-01-22; Note: May be outdated with respect to the current MLCad version.) |
