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Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
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Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:24:21 GMT
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Calum Tsang wrote:
> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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
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
brick... it just would not work.
OH sure it looks good on plane x, but add that Y and Z, and now its the
MAGIC FLOATING MOC.
i am SO GLAD for all the work that people are doing. Im sad to say
CADing lego is not a skill i have. and the learning curve is to steep
for me.
Chris
1. http://media.peeron.com/ldraw/images/4/3x/3001.png
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