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Re: LDD Help Needed
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:53:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Thomas Main wrote:
   In lugnet.cad, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
  
   In lugnet.cad, Thomas Main wrote: I just started playing around with Lego Digital Designer a couple of days ago and had a few questions.

I am having trouble placing a part in my model. I have found how to use the PgUp/PgDn keys to move a piece along the z-axis, but is there a way to move a piece along the x-y axis using keyboard controls?

Not that I know of. You can rotate the whole model and then use PgUp/PgDn to jiggle the piece you need to move - then rotate the whole thing back. Obviously, this is a pain when working with a model of any real size.

Yeah, at the Brickfest speech, Mark? from the LDD/Factory team mentioned that it was possible to build models using the keyboard only -- we just had to find the secrets that were already in the program. I was hoping someone had found this partiicular one.

  
   Also, is the a way a piece can move through another piece to get to where it needs to be placed?

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Yes. In the ‘Start Model’ screen, right-click on a saved model. This will bring up a window that says “Convert your model to another palette”.

If you don’t see the ‘all bricks, any color’ option, go into LDD Preferences and check the box to allow it.

Thanks - that works!!

-- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com

This is the second time I’ve read about “secret keyboard shortcuts” in LDD.

What exactly is the point of keeping features secret from the users? I’m not interested in some kind of stupid scavenger hunt - I would just like to use the program to build stuff.

Marc Nelson Jr.

Marc’s Creations



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(...) From the C:\Program\LEGO Software\LEGO Digital Designer\documentation folder: Keyboard shortcuts Selected brick: a.. Left/Right/Up/Down Rotate selected brick. If the hinge tool is active, rotate the brick around the hinge connection. (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)

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(...) Yeah, at the Brickfest speech, Mark? from the LDD/Factory team mentioned that it was possible to build models using the keyboard only -- we just had to find the secrets that were already in the program. I was hoping someone had found this (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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