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Re: LDD Model of GG-1 Electric Locomotive - Advice Requested
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd
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Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:14:59 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward wrote:
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Looks like a great model! I just bought one (black, without motors) and
will report back when I get it built. In fact this is the first time I’ve
ordered someone’s model from LEGO Factory. I am amazed at how smooth the
process went.
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Well it has arrived! I downloaded the instructions from legofactory.com and
man do they stink! I don’t think it is any reflection on the design - the
software just isn’t doing a very good job of coming up with the steps for
creating this model. Once I have it built I may create instructions for it
using MLCAD if anyone wants to give it a whirl. It is coming together fairly
well though it’s quite a struggle.
If you don’t know what I mean try it - download the .lxf file and use the
step by step mode (F7 I think) in LDD. The first 271 steps are one piece at
a time, many of which are just floating in midair, and then step 272 has
dozens of pieces being added all at once. Then back to hundreds of steps
with one piece at a time being added, mostly in midair (hopefully not too
many being inserted into the middle of the model!!)...
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Glad that you ordered the GG1! This isn’t the first complaint about
instructions generation in LDD, unfortunately. I would suggest trying the
different instructions modes (there’s one for vehicles, buildings, and Technic)
to see if you have better luck. You can also vary the number of pieces added to
the model in a given step. From what I can tell so far, the instructions mode
for buildings may be the best for many train designs, since it has a more
intuitive, ground-up approach. With that said, I’m sure it’s far from perfect.
Think of LEGO Factory models as part LEGO model and part jigsaw puzzle... it
makes negotiating cryptic directions a lot more fun.
Also, there was a patch issued for LDD just the other day. If you fire up LDD
2.0, it should get the patch automatically. From what I can tell, it corrects
some part placement issue. But who knows... maybe it does other things, too.
When you finish the GG1, put some pictures up online for us to check out!
-Jordan
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