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(...) Hey, I am not sure about MLCAD type stuff as I have never used it. But the Lego company uses a program called Legoizer (although I think it has changed names since I left the company). Essentially, you build a 3D version of what you want in 3D (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) I presented a talk at Brickfest2005 about the theory of automated brick layout. Slides from the talk are at: (URL) I made a 5'6" sculpture of the Stanford Angel this way. (Shipping it across the country to Brickfest was painful.) The plans for (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) The Lego software does in fact only give the outline on a lego grid rather than where each brick goes. It works pretty good most of the time. When building large scale models, it is a bit of a different way of building than the Staue of (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Hi all, This is (or at least was, in 2004) called Brick Builder. I asked about it in the CAD newsgroup here: (URL) But I got no replies.. There's a presentation board showing how the software works on display at the Model Shop in LLCA. I have (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) I know it would be difficult, but I really wish TLC would make available for sale the plans to some of the park and Miniland sculptures, especially the smaller sail/powerboats and the Combine Harvester... Paul Sinasohn (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Updating this thread with my latest work. I've (URL) posted> a bit of my work on using Poser6 to generate brick outlines for sculpture. This would now be the way that I would go for a large sculpture. The Lugnet thread is entitled "Using (...) (19 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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