Dungeon Sample: That Frog...

I've been playing with the various LDraw tools lately... hoping to have some fun and build some scenery.

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0 comments - Posted by Andy at 8:17 PM - Categories: Lego

Simple LDraw viewer code in Processing

Well, here's the code that I wrote almost year and a half (!) ago, to display LDraw files using the Processing language.

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1 comments - Posted by Andy at 7:16 PM - Categories: Lego | Programming | Processing

Found SR 3D Builder Virtual Lego Tool

Well, started to fool around with some virtual Lego again.ﾠ Not my dabbling with the tool I started in Processing, but I found a new tool online, called SR 3D Builder.ﾠ It's a work in progress, but it has some awesome abilties so far, like snapping to connection points, and rotating pieces around an axis.ﾠ Every piece that I tried to rotate around an axis worked extremely well, even locking into place for my favorite tricks, like a 3-4-5 triangle and a 5-12-13 triangle.

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2 comments - Posted by Andy at 11:23 AM - Categories: Lego

LDraw viewer in Processing

One of the great things about the online Adult Lego community is that you can find such a large number of really talented individuals that like to "Play Well" and share their creations. One such sub-community is the people that work on LDraw .org.ﾠThese hard working individuals have built a huge library of 3D Lego part definitions and the software needed to build virtual Lego models in 3D.

The specifications for their part definitions are all online, and they have some great documentation explaining how to use them.

I have always been interested in working with 3D programming, but have never had the time to learn it properly. As it so happens, Processing has some nice simple syntax to allow OpenGL drawing, so I have taken it upon myself to see what I can do. As you can see below, have managed what I would consider a decent start.

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3 comments - Posted by Andy at 9:56 PM - Categories: Lego | Programming | Processing

Lego enters the picture again

I have loved Lego Bricks since I was very young.ﾠWith my children growing a little older, they are coming back into my life. :-)

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0 comments - Posted by Andy at 9:38 PM - Categories: Lego