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December 31st, 2009 by Niels Horn in , , |

After some requests, I created a Slackware package with the lgeo parts library. It can be downloaded from my site.
If you prefer, you can download the library from the author's website and use the SlackBuild to create your own package.

December 24th, 2009 by Niels Horn in , , ,

Some time ago I promised to give some basic instructions on how to create nice images of Lego constructions with POV-Ray on Linux. Now that Christmas is arriving, I finally found some time to convert my own instructions into something that can almost be called a "tutorial"
What will you need:

LeoCAD - to "build" [...]

October 11th, 2009 by Niels Horn in , , ,

After exchanging a few e-mails with the author, I have managed to build Slackware packages for LeoCAD, both 32 and 64-bits versions.LeoCAD is a wonderful piece of software to create your own Lego constructions virtually on your computer - with an unlimited amount of pieces It can import and export LDR (LDraw) files, and [...]

October 6th, 2009 by Niels Horn in , , , |

Today I finished the Slackware packages for POV-Ray, the Persistence of Vision Raytracer, a fantastic free tool for creating stunning 3D images.It can be used also for creating beautiful images of your Lego creations. In a future post I might write a small "how-to" with step-by-step instructions, but here is a small example:
As always, the [...]