lster Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) What software is used to build the building instruction of the lego official sets ? who know? thanks Edited January 26, 2015 by lster Quote
deraven Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 I believe TLG uses their own custom software for set design and instructions… someone here I'm sure can remember the name of it! I think most everyone else uses Lego Digital Designer or some variant of LDraw (either with the built-in instruction creating options or with some manual tweaking/sub-model building involved) to produce instructions for their own designs. Quote
Creature Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 everyone so far has given a different answer, so I think the best way to get to the heart of the matter would be to ask a Lego representative or employee. Not sure how someone would go about getting in contact with them, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind sharing. Doesn't seem like a crucial trade secret. Quote
RTZX9R Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I don't see why it cannot be done in any 3-d design software. Solidworks, Inventor, Catia, etc. Each step is simply an assembly with various bricks and parts added with specific constraints and offsets. I'd also speculate before this they were all hand drawn, and why older sets from the 80's / 90's had so few steps with lots of parts added in each. Quote
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