LPub3D is a WYSIWYG editing application for creating LEGO style digital building instructions. LPub3D uses the LDraw parts library, a comprehensive library of digital Open Source LEGO bricks available and reads the LDraw LDR and MPD model file formats.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Configurable LEGO style CSI, PLI and BOM annotation formatting.
- Step and range dividers with configurable pointer arrows.
- Render highly configurable POV-Ray generated images.
- Continuous submodel step numbering.
- Generate HTML part list with element ID.
- OBJ, 3DS, STL, DAE, CSV and BrickLink XML exports.
- Show submodel image at first step.
- Pre-bundled LSynth bendable part elements.
- Pre-bundled and fully integrated LDraw part libraries for LEGO, TENTE and VEXIQ models.
- Continuous page processing.
- Go Dark – Dark mode theme, switch on the fly.
- Current step silhouette part highlight.
- Scene horizontal and vertical ruler and axis guides.
- Console commands – enabling “Batch” mode.
- “Headless” mode on Linux, macOS and Windows platforms.
- “Native” image rendering and POV file generation powered by LDView.
- Integrated 3D viewer and image renderer powered by LeoCAD.
- Integrated and custom adapted 3rdParty image renderers.
- Renderer config files accessible from the LPub3D user interface.
- Custom LDraw library LDConfig.
- Set ROTSTEP (step rotation) meta using 3D Viewer.
- Fade previous step’s parts (Fadestep).
- Unlimited part list (PLI) annotations.
- Split the BOM (divide parts over number of BOM occurrences).
- Sort PLI/BOM by part size, colour and category.
- “Go To” page navigation and submodel display via drop-down dialogue.
- Automatically generate formatted cover pages.
- POV-Ray high-quality rendered instructions.
- LEGO high-quality rendering library support and auto detection.
- Customizable content page header and footer.
- Text and picture (e.g. logo) front and back page attributes.
- Print/Export preview.
- PDF, PNG, JPG and BMP export formats.
- Standard and custom page size options.
- All features from legacy LPub – enhanced and stabilized.
- Full capabilities to build and package from source.
- Automated build and deploy from Cloud CI Service.
- Docker container support.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: trevorsandy.github.io/lpub3d
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Trevor Sandy
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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