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Hi,
Last Saterday it arrived, my 10183. It is an awesome set with loads of parts and
possibilities. But after building the crocodile (building instructions included
in the box), we (my daughter, son and I) wanted to build one (or two) of the
other 29 models.
And that is where things go wrong a bit.
I downloaded all the models (a ZIP-file with all models included would be nice)
and we decided which model we wanted to build. My daughter wanted the Tim Gould
electric loc so I opened the file and started to generate the building
instructions.
They are in one HTML-file, and frankly, the pictures are small and in some cases
(black parts) hard to see which part is needed. Worst, some parts are placed
behind other parts so you can't see where they go.
So I opened the file again and start building it from the computer screen.
I'm not nagging for just nagging, I find this quit irritating. Printing the
building instruction (with about 2 steps a page) cost about 66 pages. I am in
the position that I can print it at work, double sided and on a fairly new, fast
and high quality printer. I wouldn't do this on my HP deskjet at home.
"So, use your imagination"
"It is a 16+ set, not a kids set"
"Models are included for inspiration, build your own"
All true maybe, but I think that I'm not the only one with this 'problem'.
I think TLC should re-think LDD and especially the building instruction side of
it. Higher resolution output (double it and it will look much better), option
for direct PDF output with one step per page (so I can print from Acrobat with
1, 2 or 4 pages per page).
Make printing building instructions fun! Now I think again before printing from
LDD.
Oh, and make the LDraw import/export work.
Jeroen (still happy with the 10183)
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 | | Re: Save the 10183 trains!
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| (...) Dear Jeroen, all the points you have mentioned are true. We UTB builders have beta tested the LDD and came up with nearly all these wishes as well... (I myself asked basically for LDraw-export/import). In the end I could live with using LDD (...) (17 years ago, 6-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
| | | Re: Save the 10183 trains!
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| In lugnet.trains, Jeroen de Haan wrote: ... (...) In working with LDD, I've found a couple of tricks. First, even in the instruction mode you can change your viewpoint to see the bricks that have appeared (a "highlight new bricks" feature in the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.dear-lego)
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