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Subject:	LEGO in CG classes was: easier parts authoring
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.edu
Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:36:28 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Stefan Gustavson wrote:

I have seen quite a few animations and even a few interactive games with Lego themes over the years since I first taught my introductory computer graphics course in 1998. One of the latest ones, from last year, is here: http://www.itn.liu.se/~stegu/lego/the-new-world/

Hey, Stefan, that was neat! May I share it with my class? Any chance you could post some of the other things your class has created?

One question: The credits list MLCAD and LDraw as applications used in the creation of the video - can you elaborate on this? Did they use LDraw measurements (or actual parts) in the final video? Or were those programs used only for reference?

I’ve been incorporating LEGO into my 3D AutoCAD class since 2001. We started out modeling real LEGO kits in AutoCAD using LDraw dimensions - this is where the seeds of a CAD-LDraw translator were first planted in my head.. The most interesting stuff I’ve done in my class lately was making fantasy LEGO import car parts (The RP/Tom Burger/Greg Overkamp Project). This semester I’ve got a couple more students making custom LEGO wheels on our RP machine. We’re also working on minifig self-portraits, but I have no idea how those will come out - keep your fingers crossed.

I’m personally trying to finally finish a LEGO Ennis-Brown house, as the real one has been in the news lately.. I figured I better get on with the MOC before the real one ends up looking like a pile of unsorted bricks... :(

Darrell (xfut to edu)

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		Re: LEGO in CG classes was: easier parts authoring
(...) (Sorry for the late reply, I forgot to check up on the thread.) You may share the movie freely, just keep the credits in there. The other Lego-related student animations I would have liked to share were computer-animated Lego minifig remakes (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.edu, FTX)

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		Re: Comments wanted: Plans for easier parts authoring
(...) So nice to hear that, and I actually care quite a lot! I have used Lego quite a lot myself to teach computer graphics. Not CAD as such, but 3D modeling, animation and programming. Swedish M Sc students have often grown up with a large pile of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)

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