LSynth
Flexible Hose Synthesizer
This software was written by Kevin Clague. Please direct any inquiries to him. All I did was compile it.

LSynth is a tool which allows you to add complicated flexible hoses, bands, chains, and treads to the LDraw files you make with Bricksmith. This is an unofficial compile for Mac OS X.

LSynthed Screenshot

Installation

  1. Download LSynth for Mac OS X (412 KB)
  2. Copy all the files in LSynth/PARTS to LDraw/PARTS
  3. In the Bricksmith preferences, go to the Parts pane, then click "Reload Parts"

Usage


Add flexible hose instructions to your LDraw file. You can find instructions in the download, as well as a helpful example file.

Note: To add LSynth commands in Bricksmith, open the Model menu and hold down the option key. The "Insert Comment" item will change to "Insert Raw Command" and you can enter the LSynth commands in the inspector for the Raw Command. Or you can just copy and paste the relevant samples from the LSynth example file.

Once you have the commands in your file, save it, then run the LSynth program and follow the instructions.

Note: LSynth will capitalize everything in your file (like all the model names). To avoid this, I recommend creating your flexible items in a separate file, LSynthing that, then dragging the resulting model back into your original file.

See Also

LSynth has also been ported to Mac OS X by Jim DeVona. You can see his different take on the application here. You might find it more convenient.