[Software] BrickMosaic - transform your photo to a mosaic of bricks

[Mario Pascucci]

Hi all.

After some work I finally transformed a "quick and dirty" utility to a usable program.

Utility is the one that RomaBrick (my group of AFOLs) uses for some big mosaic offered to visitors for building at our LEGO fan events. You can see some mosaic in action here (Flickr) and here (Flickr).

Here the main window

Resize and cut dialog.

Color reduction and conversion to LEGO palette (color names are available in italian and english).

BrickMosaic can:

• load your photo
  
• resize to a desired size
  
• reduce colors to a palette chosen from LEGO palette
  
• generate a mosaic made by baseplates (8x8,16x16,32x32,48x48 stud) filled by bricks (1x1 or 2x2 stud)
  
• generate instructions for building, listed by baseplate, in an OpenDocument Text file (OpenOffice writer format)
  
• generate a "wanted list mass upload" for Bricklink, to buy bricks.
  

Program is in Java and works on any platform.

Manual (english and Italian), program and instruction template are in the Sourceforge program page:

https://sourceforge....ts/brickmosaic/

Happy building!

Edited July 17, 2014 by Mario Pascucci

[Calabar]

I was waiting for this software since you posted the wrong file for BrickUtils!

I've a little feature request, that should be not too difficult to implement: generate the LXF and/or MPD file of the mosaic.

It would be useful to create renderings without the need to recreate the mosaic in LDD and/or MLCAD ans similar software.

[Bob De Quatre]

Thanks, I was actually looking for a software like that

And I support Calabar's request

[Mario Pascucci]

I was waiting for this software since you posted the wrong file for BrickUtils!

I've a little feature request, that should be not too difficult to implement: generate the LXF and/or MPD file of the mosaic.

It would be useful to create renderings without the need to recreate the mosaic in LDD and/or MLCAD ans similar software.

an involontary classified information leak...

Ok, I think it is not too difficult to create an LDraw file with a virtual version of mosaic.

I'll manage it for next release. When? After summer, I think. Until then... sun, sea and a good book.

[Calabar]

Ehehe thanks!

But don't forget the LDD file!

"Reverse engineering" from the lxfml file is very easy for simple assembly like mosaics, and there is a proper documentation.

Edited July 4, 2014 by Calabar

[Superkalle]

Good job Mario There can never be enough good utils for LEGO CAD work

@Calabar: Just for the record, there is already a way to create LDD files of a mosaic, and that is to use Bricksaic, save as Ldraw and Import it into in LDD.

[garethjellis]

this is great! good work!