PWNZOR Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Thanks to the link that jamesster found, and to Philippe Hurbain's ('Philo's) brief tutorial, I was able to finally begin modeling Jet's helmet, via importing the LDD piece into LDraw.What you'll need: LEGO Digital Designer, preferably with the LDD Extended mode Both of the software from here and here, but not yet installed. My 3DXML to LDraw Converter LDraw + MLCAD installed LdrDat2Obj Step One: Install the 3DXML view, then the Screenprint, in that order! Run the Screenprint program Run LEGO Digital Designer, the brick(s) you want to convert, and save the LDD file (in case you have to restart). Press F10, or whatever you set the hotkey to for the Screenprint program, to generate the 3DXML file. If this doesn't work, see the notes below. Change the extension on the 3DXML file you created (right-click the task icon on the bottom right of the screen, and press 'Explore Results' to get to the file) to a .zip, and extract it Open up the extracted file in your text edit program (Notepad++, anyone?), and copy all the numbers between the <positions></positions> tags, and paste in a clean separate text document, but don't include the <positions> tags themselves. Save it to any extension, or no extension at all. Step Two: Run my 3DXML to LDraw converter. For some reason, you have to run it via command line.java -jar "C:[Location of .jar file]3DXML_To_LDraw.jar I found out it was my computer's problem; you should be able to double-click the .jar just fine Take this file, and put in the parts folder in your LDraw directory. Open up MLCAD, open this new part, and save the .ldr file. Run the LrdDat2Obj program. You now have your .obj file! You should be able to try for other converters, but I use this particular one because Lightwave reads .obj files. Notes: You may have to try running the Screenprint program a few times, but always run it before LDD. I ended up uninstalling it and reinstalling it; try that if nothing else works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Win7 does NOT have any support for changing file types. I got it to change A file type, but I think that is a fluke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Win7 does NOT have any support for changing file types. I got it to change A file type, but I think that is a fluke. What the heck are you talking about? I change file types all the time on Win7; it's just a simple matter of changing the extension. And besides, what does this have to do with the tutorial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 How do you get the extension to change? And SHOW said change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Okay; I have Win7, and can easily change the text of ".3dxml" to ".zip" of a file name. Don't blame the OS because you're not able to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I can't extract the compressed file! Cannot open folder! Invalid filetype! Seeing the thread you got this from, well, your swiching of orders caused part of the problem, however, I tried to use that button, it would not respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Seeing the thread you got this from, well, your swiching of orders caused part of the problem, however, I tried to use that button, it would not respond. What are you talking about, switching orders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 •Change the extension on the 3DXML file you created to a .zip, and extract it (right-click the task icon on the bottom right of the screen, and press 'Explore Results' to get to the file). Get the file (right-click on 3DVIA icon and choose “Explore resultsâ€), rename it from .3dxml to .zip and unzip it. Inside is a text only 3dxml file, open it with a text editor. I'm stuck at this point because I've tried both to no avail. Anyways, how do I get to this: •Open up the extracted file in your text edit program (Notepad++, anyone?), and copy all the numbers between the <Positions></Positions> tags, and paste in a clean separate text document, but don't include the <Positions> tags themselves. Save it to any extension, or no extension at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 •Change the extension on the 3DXML file you created to a .zip, and extract it (right-click the task icon on the bottom right of the screen, and press 'Explore Results' to get to the file). Get the file (right-click on 3DVIA icon and choose “Explore resultsâ€), rename it from .3dxml to .zip and unzip it. Inside is a text only 3dxml file, open it with a text editor. The parentheses should be another bullet; I'll change the wording. •Open up the extracted file in your text edit program (Notepad++, anyone?), and copy all the numbers between the <Positions></Positions> tags, and paste in a clean separate text document, but don't include the <Positions> tags themselves. Save it to any extension, or no extension at all. Get the file by using the "Explore Results" when you click the task icon, and rename the extension from .3dxml to .zip. Extract the file. Then follow those directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 HOW DO YOU RENAME THE EXTENSION? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 HOW DO YOU RENAME THE EXTENSION? Assuming you don't have the stupid settings on, it's simply changing the .3dxml at the end of the file name to .zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 That is what I tried, but Win7 dosn't have that system, so I did it on the Explorer, but the file became unreadable. So how do you do it in Win7? I get the feeling we are using VERY different versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 That is what I tried, but Win7 dosn't have that system, so I did it on the Explorer, but the file became unreadable. So how do you do it in Win7? I get the feeling we are using VERY different versions. >.> I have a file named File.3dxml I change its name to File.zip I unzip File.zip and I get another file with .3dxml at the end of it. I then proceed to getting the <Positions> list out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Well, I just see FILE with the filetype in a seperate column. Or just FILE. Win7 FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 *sighs* upload the file, send me the link once it's up, and I'll get you the .3dxml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I have the 3Dxml, I need a usable zip. I add a screenshot or two to show my problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirevam Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Win7 has some setting that hides file extensions and it's set to not show file extensions by default. If you find that, toggle it to show extensions and quit whining in this topic. Use the PM system next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNZOR Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Can someone please verify if this process works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Defintaly will give this a try when I get home..it's gonna make conversion a hell of a lot easier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Win7 does NOT have any support for changing file types. I got it to change A file type, but I think that is a fluke. Tools > Folder Options Go to the second tab There's a check mark for showing the file extentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Well, I just see FILE with the filetype in a seperate column. Or just FILE. Win7 FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL. Win7 has some setting that hides file extensions and it's set to not show file extensions by default. If you find that, toggle it to show extensions and quit whining in this topic. Use the PM system next time. Well, I am not going to be last person to miss that option. And I gave a new quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 There is one problem that I KNOW I can't get around without additional software: Low-poly LDD elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I was going to say that LDD can export to Ldraw, but I just messed with it and it wasn't good. So much for that suggestion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGTIVL Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I don't understand how to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I don't understand how to do it Did you read the first post in the topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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