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modelling software
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 23 Jun 2000 09:20:24 GMT
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Dear all,
as a novice to the idea of CAD, does anyone have advice about software to use
to design models on computer prior to building them.
I am thinking mostly of castles, and my attempts with Lego Creator have been
very clunky and timeconsuming
Cheers
Alan Kershaw
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| (...) For LEGO Cad stuff, LDraw is somewhat the standard among AFOLs. I can recommend MLCad if you're working on a windows platform, it's a LDraw compatible program. A lot of info about CAD programs for LEGO can be found at (URL) You can also find (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Creator is fun for blowing stuff up but is not really a "design" tool. As Frank B said, LDraw is the standard in the AFOL community, stick with LDraw compatible tools and you won't go far wrong. www.ldraw.org for what's available (all of this (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) I would suggest MLCad for building your models (if you are using Windows) and L3P and PovRay to convert and render them if you want. PovRay is free from: www.povray.org If you are interested in building/rendering castles take a look at: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Yes, yes, MLCAD is an excellent with lotsa features like that you can spin around the model in te 3d view, like L3Lab. It's even good enough to have it's own section on the legomindstorms.com forums. It's real good. Alan (24 years ago, 25-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| Alan Kershaw skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I must blow my own horn a little here: BlockCAD is very easy to use, and very fast to build with too. What other drawing program can handle a model with thousands of pieces, and still move? (Today I got a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad)
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