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Winners for the Q3 Build Challenge were:
1. @loganc Logan for his “All the transparent parts I had Space Bug”!
2. @erunaamo Dan Efran for his “Microscale Mountaintop Crystal Palace”!
3. Bob for my “Klar (clear plastic in Danish) the Space Man”!Thanks to everyone who participated! We had a total of 10 great entries!!
do you have any billing documents besides the airport one? I have that and will just swag from there most likely
@schu54321, I just emailed you some information from another proposal that Krista and I did last year. Hope that helps!
@rcgrier3406, any tips or pointers on commission work? The TL:DR of the project scope is an 18″ to 24″ tall model of the atom smasher for Westinghouse to display.
@playingwithechoes, once you have a digital design put together, do enough of a test build to check it for overall stability and for it’s ability to maintain the bulb like shape. @carlsonf ran into issues with the stability of her Cooling Tower when going from the digital design she found online to the real thing. We were able to change a few things and reinforce others to stabilize it, but it took several hours of trial and error and a number of additional parts to do that.
I’ve also found that the digital models don’t take into account things like center of gravity. I built a white dragon from someone else’s digital design several years ago, and the neck wasn’t stable and sturdy enough to support the weight of the head without the whole thing flopping over so I had to redesign the neck as well as the body to address that.
Doesn’t have to be the whole thing, or even using the right colors, but enough to make sure the finish product will support itself and can be moved without self-destructing!
I’d also be glad to help with this @carlsonf!! I did the initial draft of the proposal for the Airport Model, as well as the material take-offs and parts estimate. Fair warning though, I am NOT the person to help out with a Stud.io model!!
Congrats Jason!! Truly a marathon for you to get there, but you got there!! Great news!!
just redid the plugin…I haven’t tested…let me know if it’s any better or worse.
@joshhall, It works fine now. Thanks!
thinking about the ‘where did that just get placed???’ problem… I took a look at stud.io, and you have to click on an element, and then you have to click where you want it placed. Do we want that same experience? We have to click on a baseplate/moc to select it, and then wherever we click is where it goes?
Personally, I’d prefer click what you want and then click where you want it.
@joshhall, had to play around a little but got it to work. I tried it in Layout Designer and was able to access it, rotate it and place it into the Locomotion Weekend layout. It assigned it a short code of CLN which wasn’t readily recognizable, so I went into My Inventory and edited the short code to DQI. When I went back into Layout Designer the short code for the block I had already placed on the layout didn’t update automatically, and since there’s only “1” of these resources I couldn’t place another one. Once I deleted the original block I was able to place a new one with the DQI short code.
One suggestion: when you click on the resource to add it to the layout it would be helpful if it showed up on the canvas outside of the area where any blocks are placed. I had to look for a bit before I found it because it placed it over top of other blocks already on the layout, but once I did I could grab it, move it, rotate it and place it. Thanks!
@joshhall, I was able to add a MOC for the Duquesne Incline, description and size first, and then add a photo using the “edit” function after the initial save. When I did that and opened via “edit” again, my name shows up in the “description” field, and there was nothing in the “short code” field?? I also clicked “My Inventory” at the top left and nothing showed up.
I also tried to access it in the Layout Designer to see if I could select and drag it into the Locomotion Weekend layout, but nothing showed up when I clicked the “MOC” button (in LUG, My, of User). I assume you just haven’t gotten to that yet.
For (6), I’d love to see MOC slots as a separate layer, as that opens up possibilities for easier signup functionality like different colors for empty vs occupied spaces so we can see at a glance where the open spots are physically.
Agree @gabevistica. One other footnote, I was able to place smaller baseplates “on top” of the LRC (Long Radius Curve) 4×4 block, which temporarily solved the issue you brought up the other day about that LRC box not being the actual baseplate footprint for those long radius corners.
@joshhall, I played around with trying to replicate the Locomotion Weekend layout some more this morning and it worked pretty well. Couple of comments:
1. The “snap to grid” and “duplicate” both worked well for placing baseplates.
2. I was also able to place a couple of text boxes but noticed that once they were on there and I went back using “duplicate” to place more baseplates, if the “duplicated image” appeared under one of the text boxes I couldn’t “grab” it to move it.
3. Is there a limit on how many “duplicates” you can do on a single baseplate? Seemed like there was after doing it 6 or 7 times, and I had to go back to the inventory bar to select.
4. The “Home” location seemed to move around whenever I refreshed. It would be useful for the designer to be able to adjust the “Home” location. Also, several times the screen went blank like it was doing some sort of auto refresh, and when it came back the “home” location moved every time?
5. Pretty sure the “UKN” 16×32 baseplates are the 9v single straights, so maybe change the label to “SS9” or change the description in the Inventory.
6. Under the baseplates, or maybe as a separate selection, we need the ability to be able to place a 32×32 MOC, a 16×32 MOC and a 16×16 MOC in the layout.
7. I’m pretty sure there was a “Scroll” button there yesterday to allow you to move the view of the layout on the screen, but it wasn’t there today (or I couldn’t find it). I had to reduce the “zoom” on the browser tool bar to be able to see lower portion of the layout even after I hid the Legend.
8. Print view still needs some work to be able to adjust size, margins, etc. Also, the Legend text on the print view is “very abbreviated”. Should go to what’s on the normal Enable Editing view.All for now! I think this is going to be a great tool!! Nice job!!!
Played around with this a little bit today by starting to build the Locomotion Weekend layout for 2026. Still lots to do, but I plan to try to replicate that layout in the Layout Planner.
Here’s a link to the Google Sheets file that shows what I used for baseplate color coding/legend for Locomotion Weekend 2026. Certainly nothing set in stone, but it’s a place to start.
As @gabevistica suggested, I used a unique color and an abbreviated code for labeling each baseplate on the layout, with a longer description in the Legend. I also added 9v or RC to each baseplate in the layout. For MOC spaces, I numbered them and created a table for people to sign up for specific spaces and include info on what they were putting there. In the legend, I also included information on the number of pieces used from inventory, along with the total number that we have in inventory. Might be too much to replicate, but I know for me that info was useful as I built the layout.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tN5VadkOzo39mNHT8MtlK5hc1BVYeMvLQ0_zjIYKcao/edit?usp=sharing
@joshhall, couple things after trying these latest fixes:
1. Oldest/Newest pagination: Being able to switch from page to page of a multiple page thread now works, but when I open a thread with multiple pages in it (like Winter Trolley or International LEGO Day ’26), and I’m set on “Newest First”, it opens to the newest post on the last page of the thread (page 3), not the newest post in the entire thread (page 1).
2. Once you’re in a thread and you’re scrolling down, the Recent Replies and Recent Threads boxes don’t scroll until you’ve reached the bottom of the thread. Don’t know if that’s what you intended.@joshhall, I worked within the template that you initially provided to add BAM Allison Park, but after doing it I think it would be better and easier for locations with multiple display cases if each case had its’ own dimensions and description of who has what in each case. Odds are that the displays in each case, and maybe even on each shelf, will probably be there for differing durations so from a reservation and scheduling standpoint it would be better and more useful to be able to separate them out.
It would also be nice to be able to identify each picture with its’ corresponding display case number (#1, #2, etc.).
@joshhall, I tried these fixes with mixed results (used my laptop and didn’t try on mobile):
1. Log-in and Search the forums don’t show up on the Home Page when it first opens, but if I click on one of the forum topics and I’m not logged in the boxes for both show up (there’s actually (2) different sets of Log-in boxes).
1a. Once I am logged in, the Search the Forums, Recent Replies and Recent threads show up on the right, but they don’t scroll until you reach the bottom of the thread that you’re in.
2. Most Recent Topics on the Home Page are still on the left, which I think is fine for the Home Page.
3. Newest First now works with one caveat; if the thread is multiple pages and I try to go to a second or third page, it stays on the first page and I can’t get to the second or third page. If I switch to Oldest First, then I can go back and forth between pages. ????
4. Footer changes in “White” mode are now fine.I tried the hard refresh (ctrl F5) several times in my browser before trying to log in, but with the same results.
Replied to your email on instructions for using GUP to upload multiple files at the same time. I’m following them but still not able to do that. Every time I select a second file it de-selects the first.
I saw that you were able to close the Locomotion Weekend Event, and I got the System Message about cup credits. Thanks!
@joshhall, one more item I noticed. When you click on a forum thread that has multiple pages, and you have the sort set for “newest first”, it opens to the top post on the last page of the thread and not to the most recent post.
Pretty cool!! “Magneto” strikes again!!
Someone’s going to ask you what gauge is that!!! LOL
3) what ‘bottom bar’?
@joshhall, scroll down to the bottom of any page. These are all there but hard to see.
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CalendarHey @joshhall, the new theme looks GREAT!!
Couple of “punch list” items that I’ve noticed:
* Even though you posted in this thread yesterday, it didn’t show up in the “Latest Activity” list. I had to go to Forums/Site Admin to find it. UPDATE: now that I posted in it, it DID show up!! ???
* In the “White” version, the text under “Build Community in Pittsburgh with Bricks” doesn’t show. Needs a “white background” like “What We Do” has or change the text to “white”.
* Also in the “White” version, the text in the bottom bar doesn’t show.
* The “Search” function for forum threads didn’t make it to the new version. I like having this to be able to look for threads that are no longer on the “Latest Activity” list.
* The “Username” and “Password” boxes to log in also didn’t make it. I found these easier to use than the “Log In” thru WordPress.Glad you got in Spencer! Welcome to the group!!
Dimensions for the (4) lockable glass cabinets at the Bricks & Minifigs Store in Allison Park.
– Shelf Width = 33 1/2″
– Shelf Depth = 13″ from the back glass to the sliding glass door.
– Overall height = Approx. 6 ft.
– (4) shelves per cabinet, adjustable and removable for taller displays.@joshhall, some more items for the punch list from the migration:
1. Except for one or two items loaded after the migration, it looks like the last image in the Media Library is from December 6th. Missing items would include the gallery photos for South Park Light-up Night and Winter Trolley, plus any photo submissions of Christmas ornaments from the Q4 build challenge. I can delete and then reload the galleries for both South Park and Winter Trolley if that’s easier for you.
2. Photos that support the “MILS” and “General” inventory item files didn’t make it over, but the photos for the “Sets” inventory did make it. ???
3. The Member Map link just goes to the Home Page and not the map.Some pics from yesterday’s build challenge!
Hey @tfdesigns, I’d like to get 8047 – Compact Excavator if it’s still available. I’ll bring cash to the meeting on Saturday. Thanks!
