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(...) SNIP I got it to work fine by doing what Brad74 on the Lego.com forums said: (URL) "I had the same issues with v2.0 Stalled at the initial selection screen. I did however get it working. What I did was after initial install I un-checked the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) I think 10183 instructions were done by hand. I believe the system follows the order you add your pieces but it will not preserve step statements in LDraw files any more :( Tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Here's my me too post. I have the same issue on my P4 2.26GHz w/ ATI Radeon 8500 card. I had issues running earlier versions of 1.x on that hardware as well, but 1.6 runs okay. Incidentally, on my PIII 733 w/ GeForce2 card, after repeatedly (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) Do you have on-board video, or a plug-in card? I have been informed by LDD QA that many motherboards with built-in video have problems running 3-d applications. Your PC is exhibiting the same symptoms as mine, which has on-board video, see (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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I start LDD 2.0 & it opens to a selection of pre-built models, free play, etc. Selecting any of these slows the computer to almost a dead halt. I'm running Windows XP sp2, with 3 Ghz & 300 Gb & updated DirectX. Anyone have any idea what's going on? (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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How do you control building instruction steps with LDD 2.0? It doesn't seem to preserve them when you upgrade 1.6 models or import LDraw models. I assume there must be a way because the 10183 hobby train models have organized instructions. Does (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) I remember searching for that in 1.6... how frustrating! Try to hit the arrow on your keyboard when placing the brick (it should not just be selected, but be ready to place (moving with your pointer thus) Hope it helps, Jean-Marc (17 years ago, 25-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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1. How do you rotate a brick in LDD? - it does't mention it in the help - I must be stupid! 2. When I export to Ldraw I just get the 1st 2 lines, the other export formats look OK? Thanks, David (17 years ago, 25-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Thanks, I never would've gotten there without a nudge. Mike (17 years ago, 25-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Please check out Paul S. D'Urbano's response to my same question: (URL) Paul's method worked for me. Joseph (17 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) [...] (...) ctrl+4 on Windows. command+4 on a Mac [...] (...) (17 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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Anyone have any pointers for successfully downloading the instructions for the new Hobby Train set (10183) (Windows XP) ? I've already downloaded LDD 2.0. When I click on the 'Download' icon at the instructions page, a new window briefly flashes (...) (17 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Well, it seems I may have spoken too soon. By going through and updating all of my drivers (I suspect the graphics card driver was the critical one) I've been able to get it to run on my Windows 2000 Pro machine. It freezes occasionally when (...) (17 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Actually, from my fooling around with the software so far, I can say that there is some compatability between LDD 1,6 and LDD 2,0. When you try to load a file created with version 1,6 with version 2,0 it asks you if you want to try to import (...) (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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Hi all, I've converted the old conversion file from LDD 1.6 (with Jason Railton's adaptions) to LDD 2.0 format. It is far from perfect but is also far better than what is currently available. To install it just quit LDD 2, go to (...) (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) :: snip :: (...) I share Jason's sentiment - I wish they would have kept compatibility with all but the most recent versions of Windows. I guess the software people decided that was the best thing to do. But it does pose an inconvenience for (...) (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) On the plus side, it does seem to run on older hardware. I could only run 1.6 on my wife's laptop which she bought last year. Last night, I was able to install and run 2.0 on my 5+ year old machine. -Elroy (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Unfortunately, LDD 2.0 no longer runs on earlier versions of Windows. LDD 1.6 ran quite happily under Windows 2000, but the new version crashes as soon as you place a brick. It's also a bit mean to write off all the previously uploaded models. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains)
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(...) So far I think that may be the only thing. I only see 8-10 % CPU. So much for wishing they would have improved LDD with all the recommendations they got. Back to Ldraw again for me. (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) It is significantly faster and less of a hog. Apparently some people are running into graphic card problems but it's a huge, huge, huge improvement of 1.6. Featurewise 2.0 has a lot of cute things like right-click view rotation and other (...) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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Anyone figured out what the differences are between LDD 1.6 and 2.0? Does it still hog every available CPU cycle? --Bram (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) I believe they have. With luck it will be back in the next version. Tim (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: more bricks in online P@B (WAS: 10183 postponed?)
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh wrote: [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] More "Wanted Notices" arriving today - several BrickLink sellers are now listing them for $4 each! Can't imagine those prices will last long although I am sure some (...) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Is it me or have they remove mpd import? (ldr support is still there) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) The price of red train doors just dropped significantly! I have been watching this on BrickLink and red trains doors usually run anywhere from $4-$8, the left hand doors being more expensive. Now they are $0.32 a piece! I already purchased a (...) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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In lugnet.trains, Jordan Schwarz wrote: hours (...) Looks like more elements are available in online P@B as well. Jonathan (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) The website is back up, and LDD 2.0 is now available! Cheers! (URL) -Jordan (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Now there's also the following note: The LEGO Factory website will have new and exciting Hobby Train content that includes detailed information on the Hobby Train Box, 30 free online building instructions, train designer interviews and more (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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Text on the site: The LEGO Factory website is down for maintenance The website will back online Wednesday at approximately 6:00 PM CET. Joehoe! Finally version 2 of the software!!! Jeroen (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) This is good news. I've emailed LEGO about this problem myself. Simply being able to filter by 'Trains' and 'Cool Creations' together would be a big help, but it seems they couldn't achieve that. It's a shame it takes such a major overhaul for (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Wow, if AFOL's continue to provide stuff like this site, LEGO will not have to do any work. Get AFOL's to design them, get AFOL's to help people find them, get help from AFOL's to market them--just provide the parts. And even that is now (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Jordan Schwarz wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) Hi Jordan, I like this idea. I'd recommend adding Chris Masi's work. He seems to have two usernames, "masithebuilder" and "acjmasi", not sure which he'd prefer you use. I've build-tested (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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"Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message news:JF4Do6.9FG@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I believe it will. I expect things to change quite a bit as LDD 2.0 and an updated LEGOFactory.com roll out. It may not happen (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Nice site Jordan. There is also the (URL) LEGO factory hobby trains> page, which currently features some great models by James Mathis. I'm not sure if that will be expanded to include models by other AFOLs. ROSCO (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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As we near the release of LDD 2.0, I offer the following tale... Two weeks ago, I was visiting the Tyson's Corner LEGO Store. Although the store still sells 9V track and motors, they no longer carry 9V train sets, which number only a few these days (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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I present my first venture into the world of 10-wide LEGO Factory train creations, a GP-38 locomotive in CSX-like colors. (URL) > A while back, there was some discussion about UCS train models, so I created this as a response. It can be used as a (...) (18 years ago, 27-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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Seems that James Mathis and I were thinking along similar lines this past week. I, too, designed some streamliner cars of my own using the LEGO Factory parts palette, although I modeled mine on the "Metroliner" paint scheme rather than for the Super (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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| | Re: Creating Models and Optimizing instructions using LDD and LDraw
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(...) [...] (...) [...] (...) Adding to Paul's comment about sub assemblies... when building using LDD, I have noticed that it is difficult to build SNOT assemblies, especially when some of the bricks aren't directly attached to the SNOT brick. I (...) (18 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Eric, I think this an important topic and I'm glad you brought it up. When I did my (URL) Purina boxcar> I designed it with LDraw/MLCAD and then converted to LDD as a last step. (Note, I also needed to tweak the ldraw.xml file to prevent a (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I have added an article over in the LDD Database area of Save 9v Trains of my thoughts about using LDraw (MLCad) to optimize instructions for LDD. (URL) I used this caboose as my test subject. (URL) This is a model that I designed and ordered via (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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