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Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by app4soft on Sunday March 14, 2021 @05:48PM (#26459642)
LeoCAD uses LDraw Parts Library[0] as a set of "digitallego" bricks.

Also, highly recommend all AFOLs look on the "AWESOME LDraw"[1] — a list of useful digitallego resources (not only LDRaw-related, but also in other formats for various software other than LeoCAD).

> website has some pictures

Here is my latest screenshot[2,3] with my MOC "Micropolis Mallet Locomotive 0-8-8-0".[4,5]

[0] https://www.ldraw.org/

[1] https://git.io/digitallego

[2] https://i.imgur.com/tBZ2FCK.png

[3] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1371197528197193728

[4] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1217201295196663808

[5] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1234260641558548482

Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by funkaster on Sunday March 14, 2021 @06:03PM (#26459784)
how did you get such a nice render?
Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by app4soft on Sunday March 14, 2021 @06:23PM (#26459997)
> such a nice render

Guess, you mean this one[0,1,2], right?

If so, I just:

1) modeled MOC in LeoCAD & saved it as `.ldr`;

2) imported `.ldr` into Blender 2.79 (you may use later version) using ImportLDraw addon[3] & just rendered it in "Cycles" render mode (in later versions of Blender its possible use "Eevee" render mode too);

3) final touches was made using AzPainter[4] image editor.

That's all! If you are interested in more LDraw tools and other digitallego resources check the "AWESOME LDraw" list.[5]

There is good guide on ImportLDraw usage for realistic rendering.[6,7]

[0] https://i.imgur.com/VBLIbUn.png

[1] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1174490820050849792/phot...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/d666xd/micropolis_mal...

[3] https://github.com/TobyLobster/ImportLDraw

[4] https://git.io/azpainter

[5] https://git.io/digitallego

[6] https://www.rm-media.net/photo-realistic-rendering-with-leoc...

[7] https://github.com/beranep/lego_black_knights_castle_6086

Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by neolog on Sunday March 14, 2021 @07:44PM (#26460746)
How long does that take to render on a GPU?
Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by app4soft on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:16PM (#26461042)
It's highly depend on your hardware.

For this render I used 10+ y/o laptop w/ CPU P4 Dual-Core + integrated GPU Radeon Xpress 1250 (Blender was running in `software-gl` mode) — as a result this model rendered in few hours ( ^_^;)