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Subject:	Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Tue, 30 Aug 2005 04:46:48 GMT
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Seriously? I've never gotten the hang of any Lego CAD system, including LDD, MLCAD etc...I can't figure out how to do depth control with LDD for example. I've spent the last fifteen minutes trying to make bricks stick to the virtual baseplate...I can't seem to make the bricks "push in" such that they don't stick in the middle of the air. They either sit away from where I want them to be, or they misbehave and show up one or two brick spaces in the air. And this is not to say I haven't used CAD systems before...it's just all Lego CAD systems don't seem to fit with my mental model of how to place bricks around. I was so eager to try out LDD/Lego Factory ever since I started listening to the BrickFest introduction...it's such a cool idea. But using the tool is exasperating! In the same time in building this house, I could have built my little virtual house with real bricks. Hell, I could have driven to Walmart, bought a bucket of Lego, drove back, built the house, and have eighteen photos shot with my DSLR and up on Brickshelf by now. :) Calum

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		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) Nope. I tried for a while to use some when I was teaching a LEGO robotics course for kids. I thought it would be nice to have some directions for them initally. Forget it - it was just too much trouble. I ended up building robots and then (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) your right, i've tried several times to line up those weird and rare lego bricks. I only have a few of these weird bricks in my collection, so they MUST be VERY RARE. (1) I mean when i tried to line up the studs to the hole in the next (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) 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)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) "Infuriating" is a rather strong word, but I definitely find all the LEGO CAD systems I have tried suboptimal. Unfortunately I'm a lazy bastard who spends more time thinking about how to solve the problems than actually solving them. (...) I (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.cad)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) Hi Calum: I’ve done reasonably extensive MOC-modeling, and I’ve written a large number of parts, so I like to think that I’m no slouch re: LEGO-based CAD. However, I’ve never had success with any platform other than the original LEdit. Every (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) Hi Calvin, We secretly keep the usability because it scares off the weak minded :P Kev (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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