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'''LGEO''' is a library of LEGO parts modeled by [[POV-Ray]] primitives.
'''LGEO''' is a library of LEGO parts modeled by [[POV-Ray]] primitives.
When exporting LDraw parts to POV-Ray format, tools like [[LDView]] can use an [[XML]] file,
usually named <code>LGEO.xml</code>, to substitute dedicated parts by their LGEO implementations. An older tool [[L3P]] uses the two files <code>lg_elements.lst</code> and <code>lg_colors.lst</code> to accomplish much the same thing, as well as for indicating whether to switch over to using Anton Raves' POV-Ray parts instead.
Starting from the original library by Lutz Uhlmann, many people edited and added parts to it.
This sadly has led to a tree of variations, not a single collection.
This tree is shown here:
[http://www.el-lutzo.de/lego/lgeo.html                                  LGEO by Lutz Uhlmann] (dead link<sup>&#42;</sup>)<br>
┃  ┣━[http://www.digitalbricks.org/lgeo.html                        Copy 1] (dead link<sup>&#42;</sup>)<br>
┃  ┣━[https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-21976-post-28297.html#pid28297 archive.org backup of Copy 1] (as of 2012-03-20)<br>
┃  ┗━[https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/119795-lgeo-part-library/&do=findComment&comment=2438402 Copy 2]<br>
┃  ┗━[https://github.com/jncraton/lgeo GitHub repository]<br>
┣━━━ [http://www.hassings.dk/l3/lgeofix.html                        LGEO update by Lars C. Hassing] (possibly outdated<sup>&#8225;</sup>)<br>
┣━━━ [https://bricksafe.com/pages/C3POwen/lgeo                      LGEO update by Owen Burgoyne] (may be newer than AIOI<sup>&#8224;</sup>)<br>
┣━━━ [https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-16260-post-16260.html#pid16260 LGEO update by Damien Roux] (the most recent)<br>
┗━━━ Does anybody know more variants? Please add them here.
<sup>&#42;</sup> = Lutz's site seems to be offline. His parts are included with the [[LDraw All-In-One Installer]] (AIOI), however.<br>
<sup>&#8224;</sup> = Owen's update is already included with the AIOI, but the archive linked to here may contain newer versions of his parts.<br>
<sup>&#8225;</sup> = Lars's updated parts seem to be older than the ones included with the AIOI, so it may be that you shouldn't use them.<br>
== See Also ==
* [https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-21748-page-2.html Forum discussion about different POV-Ray part libraries]


[[Category:POV-Ray]]
[[Category:POV-Ray]]
[[Category:Other Parts Libraries]]
[[Category:Other Parts Repositories]]

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LGEO is a library of LEGO parts modeled by POV-Ray primitives.

When exporting LDraw parts to POV-Ray format, tools like LDView can use an XML file, usually named LGEO.xml, to substitute dedicated parts by their LGEO implementations. An older tool L3P uses the two files lg_elements.lst and lg_colors.lst to accomplish much the same thing, as well as for indicating whether to switch over to using Anton Raves' POV-Ray parts instead.

Starting from the original library by Lutz Uhlmann, many people edited and added parts to it. This sadly has led to a tree of variations, not a single collection. This tree is shown here:

LGEO by Lutz Uhlmann (dead link*)
┃ ┣━Copy 1 (dead link*)
┃ ┣━archive.org backup of Copy 1 (as of 2012-03-20)
┃ ┗━Copy 2
┃ ┗━GitHub repository
┣━━━ LGEO update by Lars C. Hassing (possibly outdated)
┣━━━ LGEO update by Owen Burgoyne (may be newer than AIOI)
┣━━━ LGEO update by Damien Roux (the most recent)
┗━━━ Does anybody know more variants? Please add them here.

* = Lutz's site seems to be offline. His parts are included with the LDraw All-In-One Installer (AIOI), however.
= Owen's update is already included with the AIOI, but the archive linked to here may contain newer versions of his parts.
= Lars's updated parts seem to be older than the ones included with the AIOI, so it may be that you shouldn't use them.

See Also