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Re: Small insight into LEGO CAD system
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Date: 
Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:03:34 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
Dave wondered shy we had our own CAD system.  I told him it was because we
assumed that LEGO would not allow us to use theirs.

"assumed" is too strong of a word.  AFOLs have approached LEGO, in various ways,
about sharing resources for CAD.  The primary example of this is probably the
"CAD summit" that occurred a few years ago.(1)  People from the outside met with
people from the inside one weekend in New York.  The community people  were Tim,
Michael, Leonardo, Eric, and myself (apologies if I forgot anyone!).

As I remember, Jake had just joined the Lego Direct team at that time; it might
have even been his first week on the job...

Steve



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  Small insight into LEGO CAD system
 
While at Brickfest, I met Dave Bird, a technic designer for LEGO. He is a very nice guy, and a pleasure to spend time with. We talked about many things, but one that really got my attention was talking a bit about CAD. Dave wondered shy we had our (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)

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