Appreciate you taking some time to explain this one for me. I'm quite new to Studio and needed to bend a piece for a crucial part of one of my designs. I couldn't work out how to do it but knew it was possible. So I appreciate you telling me how, and with that providing tips on how to do it easily.
Thanks for the explanation! I was struggling a lot to change the angle of each end of a rigid hose for one of my models and this really helped me a lot with that!
Thank you this helped a lot! Instead of building plates to move the clip to the right stud you could also use the shortcut-keys WASD. The clips will move 0.5 stud. Other useful shortcut-keys are shift-arrow to rotate the brick 45 degrees, ctrl+shift+V to invert selection and F to set the origin to selected brick.
@@PlaywellBricks have an in with the devs? Also having 2 dimensional camera views would be helpful I think. Instead of them all being 3d unlike other 3d modeling software
Have been struggling for hours - days - to get a couple string parts routed along and around bunch of parts (engine bay in a race car). Studio's Flex tool is easily the worst 3d-space tool I've ever experienced. Absolutely needs a method to control the plane and angle of a change to a node locking a change into only the X Y or Z plane (apparently changing the viewport to top, right, back etc does /not/ accomplish this). Bezier path would be amazing, but even just being able to isolate specific key waypoint nodes to 'steer' with rotation and arrow positions and then lock them (a la LSynth) would be a massive improvement. Fully agree with the problems with the String part, crazy that it has so few nodes.
This has been a helpful strategy, i'm still running into clipping issues where the string particularly will cut through bricks which then makes it not grabable to fix which is frustrating.
Hey there, you can rotate the ends of the flexible parts only 90 degree in each direction? i really hope they will add e smooth rotation because this functionality is still very limited, despite the great progress.
I believe it is like all rotations, if you hold the shift key while hitting the arrow keys it can rotate by 45 degrees. I agree though there is a LOT of work left to make this a really viable tool in Studio.
@@PlaywellBricks O yea, thanks!. I've avoided Stud.io due to the lack of flexible items, but it is getting there. If they only added the same rotation gizmo when you select at least these end points it will do wonders.
That looks really easy and i will try it yet. Why couldn't electric cable not work like that? I also have to say: thank you for your great video, very useful again 👍🏻
My pleasure :) Not all real world flexible parts have been implemented in Studio yet. Your best bet would be to use LDCAD to flex this part and then import it into Studio.
@@PlaywellBricks thanks! Have tried using LDCad, but still can't really get it to work. Have posted on the facebook page about it though, hopefully someone will be able to help me.
I'm trying to recreate the Lego Titanic in Bricklink and it's been a lot of work but also really satisfying, but I'm stuck on trying to get the chains with anchors near the bow section to behave correctly. It's particularly daunting because part of the chain is in a really narrow hollow space and it keeps wanting to interfere with that section, and also the shape is much more nuanced and complex than a single curve. I wish I could just anchor one side of the chain to where it's supposed to be attached and just make the rest of the chain fall naturally with gravity, but I think I'm just gonna have to be patient....
Hey, Thanks for the video! I'm having issues with the flexible hose 22l with 2 connector ends, it doesn't seem to have any "nodes" to move it around, getting the two ends in place is fine but I can't seem to secure the middle in a clip or manipulate the rest of it without it just returning to an odd position, any ideas? :)
Hi. I'm trying to make instructions for the vintage set 4025 (fire boat). I stuck on the last element, specifically the hose reels (4209, 4210) with a hose end with a handle (194cx2). I don't know how to put it together. HELP.
Thank you so much for this informative video, I was struggling with using the string and the older hose parts, now I know why. I wonder why they designed the string flexible function to be like chain, when string is probably the most flexible item lego makes. Great video, I came across your videos and subbed right away. I am wondering how I can get parts added that are also not in LDraw.
Thank you, I am glad it helped! If the parts are no in the LDraw library you will have to make yourself or have someone else make them. We do offer that service if you are interested.
@@buddylee6996 Hi Brad, Yes we do printed parts as well. Our fee depends on the complexity of the part. If you want to send me an email I can give you a quote playwellbricksandtoys@gmail.com.
Can you rotate one end of a 5 link chain by 90 degrees? I have seen what I believe to be a studio fil where someone has done it but I cannot seem to work it out.
I am still having such a hard time with a 3mm rigid hose. Have spent more than an hour on it but I just can’t seem to control the bending correctly. Would you be willing to help me out if I send you the studio file? Thanks
I hope this alleviates some of the frustration. I always use LCAD for curves. It takes a bit of learning but is so much easier and more versatile to work with for curves.
I know the dev team has tried multiple things to improve it, but say nothing has worked well to date. They are also dissatisfied with the current way it works now.
Oops, just noticed the hose I said is 10L was actually 12 L, sorry for any confusion.
Appreciate you taking some time to explain this one for me. I'm quite new to Studio and needed to bend a piece for a crucial part of one of my designs. I couldn't work out how to do it but knew it was possible.
So I appreciate you telling me how, and with that providing tips on how to do it easily.
My pleasure, glad I could help!
Thanks for the explanation! I was struggling a lot to change the angle of each end of a rigid hose for one of my models and this really helped me a lot with that!
Glad to help!
Thank you this helped a lot!
Instead of building plates to move the clip to the right stud you could also use the shortcut-keys WASD. The clips will move 0.5 stud.
Other useful shortcut-keys are shift-arrow to rotate the brick 45 degrees, ctrl+shift+V to invert selection and F to set the origin to selected brick.
I wish you could lock the tube to one plane axis so that you can keep it straight in one plane while curving in others.
That would be nice!
@@PlaywellBricks have an in with the devs? Also having 2 dimensional camera views would be helpful I think. Instead of them all being 3d unlike other 3d modeling software
@@NeonNijahn I wish I did!
This is going to be making a difference for me!
Have been struggling for hours - days - to get a couple string parts routed along and around bunch of parts (engine bay in a race car). Studio's Flex tool is easily the worst 3d-space tool I've ever experienced. Absolutely needs a method to control the plane and angle of a change to a node locking a change into only the X Y or Z plane (apparently changing the viewport to top, right, back etc does /not/ accomplish this). Bezier path would be amazing, but even just being able to isolate specific key waypoint nodes to 'steer' with rotation and arrow positions and then lock them (a la LSynth) would be a massive improvement. Fully agree with the problems with the String part, crazy that it has so few nodes.
I have heard the developers have tried a bunch of solutions. None which worked. Best bet is yo use LDCAD and import the part into Studio.
Brilliant! That is going to solve soooo much frustration!
I am so glad to hear that this has helped!
legend
thx man, i was struggling with this damn pieces. Have a good one!
My pleasure, glad to help!
This has been a helpful strategy, i'm still running into clipping issues where the string particularly will cut through bricks which then makes it not grabable to fix which is frustrating.
thanks i was struggelin so hard !
I am trying to roll my chain around my pole. After 2h or getting nowhere. I gave up. I like your idea of being able to lock some part of it.
Yeah it is still a real pain. You have better luck with LDCAD
Thanks for the tutorial! 😎👌
My pleasure :)
Sweeeet ! ❤❤❤👌
Hey there, you can rotate the ends of the flexible parts only 90 degree in each direction? i really hope they will add e smooth rotation because this functionality is still very limited, despite the great progress.
I believe it is like all rotations, if you hold the shift key while hitting the arrow keys it can rotate by 45 degrees. I agree though there is a LOT of work left to make this a really viable tool in Studio.
@@PlaywellBricks O yea, thanks!. I've avoided Stud.io due to the lack of flexible items, but it is getting there. If they only added the same rotation gizmo when you select at least these end points it will do wonders.
Yes, I put in a list of suggestions, just waiting to see if any are accepted.
That looks really easy and i will try it yet. Why couldn't electric cable not work like that?
I also have to say: thank you for your great video, very useful again 👍🏻
I suggest looking into LCAD, for flexing electrical cables. I have done a video using that program to flex parts, hopefully that will help you out.
Thanks for this! And thanks for your answer on sub assemblies! The horse shoe doesn't come up for part 14301. Why might this be?
My pleasure :) Not all real world flexible parts have been implemented in Studio yet. Your best bet would be to use LDCAD to flex this part and then import it into Studio.
@@PlaywellBricks thanks! Have tried using LDCad, but still can't really get it to work. Have posted on the facebook page about it though, hopefully someone will be able to help me.
Thanks!!! +1
My pleasure
I'm trying to recreate the Lego Titanic in Bricklink and it's been a lot of work but also really satisfying, but I'm stuck on trying to get the chains with anchors near the bow section to behave correctly. It's particularly daunting because part of the chain is in a really narrow hollow space and it keeps wanting to interfere with that section, and also the shape is much more nuanced and complex than a single curve. I wish I could just anchor one side of the chain to where it's supposed to be attached and just make the rest of the chain fall naturally with gravity, but I think I'm just gonna have to be patient....
Thank you so much
My pleasure :D
Hey, Thanks for the video!
I'm having issues with the flexible hose 22l with 2 connector ends, it doesn't seem to have any "nodes" to move it around, getting the two ends in place is fine but I can't seem to secure the middle in a clip or manipulate the rest of it without it just returning to an odd position, any ideas? :)
How do you anchor a ''cable'' of parts to two different places?
Hi. I'm trying to make instructions for the vintage set 4025 (fire boat). I stuck on the last element, specifically the hose reels (4209, 4210) with a hose end with a handle (194cx2). I don't know how to put it together. HELP.
The thing is, once I click on the "horse shoe shape" the length of the part is sudennly increased... Dont know why this happens
¿Y las capas de las minifiguras?
Thanks for your great help here, what I can't do so far is stretching the rubber belt and fix on a pulley ! What do I miss to do?
Best bet is to create the rubber band in the shape you want in LDCAD and bring it into Studio through the Parts Designer.
Thanks for your help though I can't find the horseshoe symbol anywhere
It only appears on certain parts.
@@PlaywellBricks thanks for your help !
Thank you so much for this informative video, I was struggling with using the string and the older hose parts, now I know why. I wonder why they designed the string flexible function to be like chain, when string is probably the most flexible item lego makes. Great video, I came across your videos and subbed right away. I am wondering how I can get parts added that are also not in LDraw.
Thank you, I am glad it helped! If the parts are no in the LDraw library you will have to make yourself or have someone else make them. We do offer that service if you are interested.
@@PlaywellBricks hello, what do you charge to create parts? Do you do printed parts also? Thank you.
@@buddylee6996 Hi Brad, Yes we do printed parts as well. Our fee depends on the complexity of the part. If you want to send me an email I can give you a quote playwellbricksandtoys@gmail.com.
why make this tool so hard to use?
why can't they just make it like it is in LDD?
No answer to that, I honestly wish it was much easier as well.
Can you rotate one end of a 5 link chain by 90 degrees? I have seen what I believe to be a studio fil where someone has done it but I cannot seem to work it out.
Yes you can. Once you have clicked on the flex tool, click on the end of the chain and use the arrow keys to rotate the end.
@@PlaywellBricks Thanks so much!! this was giving me a headache. So easy when you know how!!
is there any way to use rubber bends/belts in studio? thanks
Unfortunately not, LDCAD is your best bet for that.
I am still having such a hard time with a 3mm rigid hose. Have spent more than an hour on it but I just can’t seem to control the bending correctly. Would you be willing to help me out if I send you the studio file? Thanks
It is honestly much easier to do in LDCAD, and import it into Studio, than trying to make it work in Studio.
Does this work too for LEGO rubber bands?
The only way to use rubber bands like that now, is to go through LCAD unfortunately.
With me the flexible parts are not recognized as fexible and therefore I cannot change them.
It is only available on certain parts. If the horseshoe is how in the brick palette it is flexible.
What about flexible train track? As I see it doesn't bend in any way
You are correct, there is no way to flex them.
@@PlaywellBricks that’s unfortunate! Any chances it will be fixed?
@@EldarKhaitov I have no communication with the dev team, so I am unable to answer that question.
Can you bend flexible ribbed hoses as well?
As long as it has a horseshoe icon, it can be bent.
what about the non-brick string?
Can you please clarify what you are asking?
@@PlaywellBricks string Lego use to use for castle gates in the 80s. Has no studs at the ends
@@Mr_Boss_Smile Ah okay, your best bet is to use LDCAD for that. Studio is not designed to handle those at the moment.
How do i make the flexible pieces physicalize and not just go through a piece?
Unfortunately, that does not exist in Studio yet. My advice is to use LDCAD for your flexible elements.
If with this method we can deal with drive chain?
Unfortunately not, drive chains are not implemented in Studio yet.
Thank you for your help this has driven me very mad.
I hope this alleviates some of the frustration. I always use LCAD for curves. It takes a bit of learning but is so much easier and more versatile to work with for curves.
can this also work with minifig capes?
No, unfortunately only select parts in Studio are flexible. But you can find folded capes in the LDraw if that is what you need.
@@PlaywellBricks ok thanks :)
And nearly 3 years later it is the same crap to use flexible parts.
I know the dev team has tried multiple things to improve it, but say nothing has worked well to date. They are also dissatisfied with the current way it works now.