#LEGO DIGITAL DESIGNER FREE PLAY INSTALL#
#LEGO DIGITAL DESIGNER FREE PLAY UPDATE#
#LEGO DIGITAL DESIGNER FREE PLAY SOFTWARE#

It is better to use a 3 buttons mouse, but keyboard is enough.Today LEGO has announced that it is finally and completely sunsetting LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), the company’s digital building program that was first introduced in 2004 as a consumer version of LEGO’s internal design software. Same method to rotate de parts but use the R key instead of G.įor the camera, no change. Or press G to start the translation, then X, Y or Z to constrain the translation along a particular axis in the global reference system and X, Y or Z again to constrain the translation in the local reference system. Pull the arrow corresponding to the axis (press ESC if you wish to cancel the move). If you click on one of its parts in the scene you will select all the parts from this folder. It is possible to lock a folder which means that you won't be able to open it or add elements in it. To organise the project (parts, folders) you can use the drag and drop functionnality with multiple objects. You can now look for parts in the library using their names or references. Initialise position and rotation of selection.relative to selection origin or cursor 3D. File: open / import / save / properties / new scene.I released the second version of the mecabricks workshop today which I think improves a lot the ease of use.Ī new tool bar is located on the top of the page:

#LEGO DIGITAL DESIGNER FREE PLAY SOFTWARE#

The following image has been generated with Blender which is a free open source software and the free script available on mecabricks. Besides to increase the realism, you can choose to export the LEGO logo on studs.

It can be useful to render them in other software. If you register to mecabricks, you will have access to functions to export models as STL, OBJ and Collada files. Have a look at thousands of models in the Mecabricks gallery for an overview of what can be done with mecabricks. Mecabricks is using the antialiasing technic to smooth the edges however it might not be supported by your browser or GC and it will be more pixelated. However, to speed up the learning curve you will find more information about the tools and shortcuts in the help menu of the workshop or in the forum.Īgain it depends on your graphic card and browser. Like any other software, you will have to play with the workshop for a little while to fully understand how it works. The editor also support flexible part like Flex Rods, Hoses, Strings, Flex Tubes, etc. You can also request missing parts in the mecabricks forum if you wish. You can follow the new part released here. The library currently includes almost 3000 part designs and about 7000 decorated elements. We have a team of decoration admins and people submit new assets daily for review.

#LEGO DIGITAL DESIGNER FREE PLAY UPDATE#

Internet Explorer - Supported from IE 11.0Ĭurrently Mecabricks is fully translated in French (my mother tongue), English (my second language), Russian, Italian and German and Portuguese.īecause it is a webapp, new parts are added without the need to update anything. Since version 8.0 it is enabled by default. To finish, open the Develop menu in the menu bar and select Enable WebGL. Check the Show Develop menu in menu bar checkbox. For that, select Preferences in the Safari menu.

Safari - WebGL is supported since version 5.1 however it has to be enabled. Opera - WebGL is supported since version 11 but is disabled by default. If I can't do anything if your GC doesn't support it, here are information about the browsers:įirefox - WebGL has been enabled by default since version 4.0Ĭhrome - WebGL has been enabled by defalut since version 9.0 as well The only requirement is to have a browser and a graphic card supporting WebGL.

#LEGO DIGITAL DESIGNER FREE PLAY INSTALL#

You actually don't need to install any software or plugin in your browser. Mecabricks is a free webapp that you can use to build LEGO 3D models and if you wish you have the possibility to publish them so that they are accessible to anybody. I'll try to maintain it in the future to talk about the new features, modifications, tutorials coming up and so on. Since then I improved it quite a lot and I am now using the first post of this topic to introduce it a bit more. In april 2012 I released a first version of my webapp called mecabricks.

Lego digital designer free play