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LeoCAD – A CAD program for creating virtual Lego models

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Re: LeoCAD – A CAD program for creating virtual Lego models

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Post by Ashtyn77 »

app4soft wrote: post #14
mch82 wrote: post #12

Cool concept! Sent over a couple pull requests for the docs intended to be helpful, but okay to ignore.

About LICENSE issue - here it is https://github.com/leozide/leocad/blob/master/docs/COPYING.t... P.S.: I'm not an owner of LeoCAD, so little wait before owner will review your isuues & pull requests (think in one-two days he will reply on Github)

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Re: LeoCAD – A CAD program for creating virtual Lego models

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Post by verinus »

jve wrote: post #16

I'm wondering about the legal side of this. Is it OK from LEGO side to have stuff like this and other similar tools? And what if when you start printing stuff like that?

While you can print LEGO there are several reasons not to: * you cannot print as precisely as LEGO bricks- so the quality is not the same * there are ugly layer bumps on the stones * the effort required * LEGo bricks are relatively cheap

Re: LeoCAD – A CAD program for creating virtual Lego models

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Post by jve »

kuschku wrote: post #19
jve wrote: post #16

I'm wondering about the legal side of this. Is it OK from LEGO side to have stuff like this and other similar tools? And what if when you start printing stuff like that?

LEGO’s patents expired a while ago, and competitors such as KREO have replicated the shapes and some of the models already. That said, no one is going to print LEGO – actual LEGO is a lot more robust and stable than anything you could print yourself.

Oh, I see. But replicating the existing plastic cube was not what I actually thought. I thought: what if I print/manufacture lego mega blocks from whatever material.

Re: LeoCAD – A CAD program for creating virtual Lego models

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Post by app4soft »

StavrosK wrote: post #24

This is fantastic, I remember using Ldraw to create a 3D model from the LEGO blueprint when I was younger. It's great for testing out designs if you don't have the parts, and I remember that the software could print whole step-by-step blueprint books for you.

> and I remember that the software could print whole step-by-step blueprint books for you.

Here it is - LDPub3D (fork of LDPub)

https://github.com/trevorsandy/lpub3d

Some libs and binaries

https://github.com/trevorsandy/lpub3d_linux_3rdparty

https://github.com/trevorsandy/lpub3d_macos_3rdparty

https://github.com/trevorsandy/lpub3d_windows_3rdparty

Also here is upcoming new release

https://github.com/trevorsandy/lpub3dnext

'Nightly' builds are here for many Linux distros

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pbartfai/

Re: LeoCAD – A CAD program for creating virtual Lego models

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Post by app4soft »

reitanqild wrote: post #26

For some reason github shows me a 404 when I try to see the full README.

> For some reason github shows me a 404 when I try to see the full README.

README.txt placed in /docs/, not in root folder, so USE THIS LINK

https://github.com/leozide/leocad/blob/master/docs/README.tx...

Re: LeoCAD – A CAD program for creating virtual Lego models

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Post by sleepychu »

CharlesDodgson wrote: post #29
CharlesDodgson wrote: post #28

I wonder is it possible to create something here and drop it in an AR environment.

by here i mean in LeoCAD

Sure, why not you just need to translate the format into something your AR set understands. Would be a neat project!

If your post is <1hr old you can edit it for little clarifications like this :-)

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