 | | Reasons to L-CAD (was: Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?)
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(...) d) illustrating building techniques (sorry, no example handy). With L-CAD models, you can more easily show your point by: - creating 'cutaway' models, showing only the parts involved in the technique being discussed. In some programs, you can (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And documenting MOCs is a wonderful thing. Mladen Pejic is (unless there's someone I'm missing) is the only prolific builder who documents every creation in LDRaw format and makes the file freely available. I wish more builders would do this. (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) c) documenting a MOC you want to disassemble (eg: (URL) That is what I mainly use it for, although I have used it for a) as well. ROSCO (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Phew. I was getting worried. On the topic of Lego CAD systems (not LDD, but LDraw and derivatives), I've never understood the point of them. About the only things I figured they were good for was a) making instructions and b) prototyping (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I understand why Lego Creator/LDD/whatever has a different interface, same as why I understand the Mindstorms interface is the way it is versus similar to a regular IDE like VisualStudio (eg BricXCC). When I see kids use the Mindstorms "block (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Just found (URL) yet another Orion 7 bus>... He even got the shell done! And way in the future in modeling a HYBRID model, in TTC livery, when TTC doesn't have any yet. (Well, Orion have them) So with work resumed only two days ago with some key (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Revised slightly LEGO RoboCam 'Bot (and a reintroduction, for no real reason)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Jordan Bradford wrote: <snip> (...) Yeah, I made one of those, too, but I've moved and can't afford to lose the 4 feet by 4 feet area needed for the web'cam block stacker. I still have the robot, and I may set it up (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Pretty fun. I just drew you an 'X' in the top left corner. It's like that other remote control robot I've seen with the claw where you pick up blocks. (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Calum- I'm with you 100%. I complained to TLC when LEGO Creator came out that it was infuriatingly not useful. Why can't we select, copy, paste, shift+click, ctl+click, etc like most other PC and Mac graphics and CAD applications? Why do they (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) went for the more obvious beer commercial. Apparently step 11 isn't always needed. I did fine without it, so I guess it doesn't matter that it wasn't there. Derek (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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