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As we near the release of LDD 2.0, I offer the following tale... Two weeks ago, I was visiting the Tyson's Corner LEGO Store. Although the store still sells 9V track and motors, they no longer carry 9V train sets, which number only a few these days (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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| | "UCS" LEGO Factory MOC: GP-38
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I present my first venture into the world of 10-wide LEGO Factory train creations, a GP-38 locomotive in CSX-like colors. (URL) > A while back, there was some discussion about UCS train models, so I created this as a response. It can be used as a (...) (18 years ago, 27-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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| | Hail to the Chief!
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Seems that James Mathis and I were thinking along similar lines this past week. I, too, designed some streamliner cars of my own using the LEGO Factory parts palette, although I modeled mine on the "Metroliner" paint scheme rather than for the Super (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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| | Re: Creating Models and Optimizing instructions using LDD and LDraw
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(...) [...] (...) [...] (...) Adding to Paul's comment about sub assemblies... when building using LDD, I have noticed that it is difficult to build SNOT assemblies, especially when some of the bricks aren't directly attached to the SNOT brick. I (...) (18 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Creating Models and Optimizing instructions using LDD and LDraw
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(...) Hi Eric, I think this an important topic and I'm glad you brought it up. When I did my (URL) Purina boxcar> I designed it with LDraw/MLCAD and then converted to LDD as a last step. (Note, I also needed to tweak the ldraw.xml file to prevent a (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Creating Models and Optimizing instructions using LDD and LDraw
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I have added an article over in the LDD Database area of Save 9v Trains of my thoughts about using LDraw (MLCad) to optimize instructions for LDD. (URL) I used this caboose as my test subject. (URL) This is a model that I designed and ordered via (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Comments about James Mathis' Factory Sets
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Hello, Ville, Thank you very much for buying these three train models. (...) You have examined them more closely than I did to find faults with the design. To the Pullman Car, I made no changes. To the DB103 I made the suggested changes: - floor (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Comments about James Mathis' Factory Sets
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(...) Hi Ville, Wow, thanks for sharing all of that great feedback on these Factory sets. That's a lot of useful information for anyone considering these sets. You even provided pictures of the mods you made! When I suggested you provide some (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Comments about James Mathis' Factory Sets
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(...) Hey, Sorry that it took this long to answer. Here is my personal opinion about Factory concept and three James Mathis’ sets I bought from Lego Factory. These comments are free to use and fill. First about Factory Set Concept ---...--- I think (...) (19 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | LDD Train Station MOC
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Over the weekend, I designed a LEGO train station somewhat evocative of grand European stations using LEGO Digital Designer. The station has a rounded glass canopy and is large enough for a fairly tall (~12 bricks high) train to clear. The interior (...) (19 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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| | Re: Lego factory sets / building instructions
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Paul S. D'Urbano wrote: [...] (...) [...] (...) Paul, It would be great if the models were built and commented on. I know the few models that I submitted are buildable, but that kid of defeats the real purpose of Factory... I mean really, if I (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Lego factory sets / building instructions
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(...) Hi Ville, Unfortunately, there's no simple way to get the typical LEGO instructions experience with Factory. Often LDD's automatic instruction steps aren't well organized and sometimes impossible to follow. It's better if the model author (...) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Factory creation
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(...) SNIP There were a LOT of bugs in the previous incarnations' instruction generation. I think I finally got it so the instructions are followable by setting to '3 bricks per step' & 'save cameras' in the preferences menu. (...) (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 31-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Factory creation
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(...) Nwe Lego Shop link: (URL) Jeff (19 years ago, 28-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Factory creation
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(...) Pics: (URL) KITT features the red sensor at the front, the intake 'bump' on the top right-of-center on the hood & a white license plate in the back. (4) 2x3 plates come off the roof to make a 'T'top mode. The 'U'shape steering wheel is mounted (...) (19 years ago, 28-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Factory creation
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I made this KITT for my brother paul: (URL) Jeff (19 years ago, 28-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.town)
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| | factory order
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I just made a LDD moc, & bought it thru factory @ lego.com. Anyone have any idea how long it takes to get it from the time of uploading/ordering? Jeff (19 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Technic Plate Placement
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(...) I, too, find that I just can't make pieces connect in LDD like they're supposed to. When this happens, I'll build up part of the model in LDD and then save as a .LDR file. Then using MLCAD (in LDraw), I fix the stuff that didn't work in LDD (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | MOC: "Retro Factory" Motorail Terminal
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Hi all, I've been working to recreate some of the great classic town/train sets within the bounds imposed by the piece assortment on LDD. The Motorail Terminal is, I think, one of the more impressive results of this project. And I've produced a (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | A few train MOCs
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Yay! I still remember how to build. I just used LDD to design some small train sets... Not sure if this link will work. You may need to copy and paste the string. If not, search for user Hendotron at the Lego Factory... (URL) details: The crossing (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Technic Plate Placement
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(...) Well, I apologize for answering my own post, but here's what I found and thought was worth sharing in case anyone else has this problem: First, lego.com actually admits there are such faults with the program sometimes not being able to connect (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Technic Plate Placement
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I'm brand spankin' new to LDD, fairly inexperience with any Lego CAD, and somewhat stuck in a dark age...so forgive me if this question has been asked before... How does one place a technic plate such that it places with a vertical technic peg (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD/Factory Question
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(...) It might be that they are out of stock for a particular piece in the model. I've heard stuff like that happening before. -Lenny (19 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | LDD/Factory Question
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I designed a model in LDD 1.6 and hit the "Check Price" button. When I got to the Factory page, it showed my model, but without a price and listed it as "Not Available." Why is it doing this? -- Thomas Main thomasmain@charter.net (19 years ago, 19-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes (another fix)
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In lugnet.cad.ldd, Jason J. Railton wrote: <snipped content> (...) <snipped content> (...) I'd suggest experimenting and seeing if this is a color-specific issue. 49668 is one of the numbers that is remapped internally in the program, so that (as (...) (19 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes (another fix)
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Here again is an optional fix. This will convert new brown in LDD models to old brown in LDRAW, which is more convenient to edit in MLCAD: First, comment out the old brown definition: <!-- OLD BROWN, removed by Jason Railton 30.Jun.06 --> <!-- (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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One more tip - if you want to check all your XML is marked up correctly and you haven't made any mistakes, just double-click the file. It'll open in Internet Explorer (unless your name's Christopher and you have a MAC... ;-). You should see a neatly (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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(...) Jason, Thanks for figuring out the 1x1x2/3 slope thing. It was driving me nuts. Also, I think you are right. Even though it would be very convenient to re-publish the ldraw.xml file, it is probably safest not to. Thanks for putting this all (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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Apologies to anyone who didn't follow this post. It always bugs me when people post technical stuff with no explanation, and just expect everyone to 'get it'. In this case, a lot of people aren't going to be familiar with XML files, so here's a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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(...) I wasn't sure of the copyright position; the original file is LEGO's property, even if it is freely distributed. That's why I only posted the ammendments. It'd be best if you copy and paste the lines of XML from my message into a copy of your (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Favorites file for MLCad with all parts in LDD 1.6
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(...) After a bit of thinking before posting, I took a look in the C:\Program Files\LEGO Software\LEGO Digital Designer\database\geometry folder and saw .tab files with names that looked like partnumbers. There are 256 tab files in this folder. I (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Favorites file for MLCad with all parts in LDD 1.6
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Hi there! Does someone have an overview of all parts available in LDD and made a favorites file for them to use in MLCad? Jaco (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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(...) <snip> (...) Good idea to publicize these changes. I have fixes for some other parts as well but I'm out of town at the moment and won't be back for the next week and a half. Once I get back I'll contribute any of my changes that haven't (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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Wicked awesome, Jason! I'm planning to convert a ton of ldd models over to dat for BrickSpace and this'll help immensely! -Stefan- (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Hey Jason, If this really works, and I believe you if you say so, would you mind posting your ldraw.xml file? It would save people time to retype (and perhaps mistype) your adjustments. Thanks. Jaco (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to replace LDRAW?
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(...) Heheh. That does look like it. Tim (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to replace LDRAW?
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(...) never say never, but on this I trust them: (URL) therefore - it is our choice not theirs ;-) (...) they never confirmed but I think they do. just to safe time and efforts for minor jobs. check out this: (URL) (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDD to replace LDRAW?
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(...) Nice to read that ldraw will continue, I knew that, I don't believe LDD is better and as you said ldraw has old LEGO parts :D nice 80s and early 90s, about LEGO's cad wonder what they use anyways I believe our stuff is better. (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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I've been tinkering with the "ldraw.xml" file in LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), and have come up with the following list of fixes for good LDD/LDRAW conversion. In case you hadn't already discovered, if you append ".ldr" to the end of the file name (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Re: LDD to replace LDRAW?
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(...) I very much doubt LDraw is going away any time soon. For one thing it has many, many more parts than LDD including a number that will probably never appear in LDD due to being outdates. Also the interfacing to povray and other programs will (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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