Car Door Help

[prateek]

I'm making a car with scissor doors (minifig scale 8-wide) but they aren't able to open up. Can anyone help?

Here's what I have so far:

Here is the door on its own:

Here is the hole:

[Spyder]

It is because of that one corner/edge, it can't get pass the flat part:

Hope this helps, its crappy red lines. (I did it with a mouse on MS Paint)

Edited June 13, 2009 by Spyder

[prateek]

It is because of that one corner/edge, it can't get pass the flat part:

Hope this helps, its crappy red lines. (I did it with a mouse on MS Paint)

i saw it on another car that someone else made and it worked, maybe its the hinge i used. and i can't figure out a way to remodel it to make it work

Edited June 14, 2009 by prateek

[5150 Lego]

HI high is the door? Is it just the hingeplate on top of the slpoe? Or is there another plate between the hinge and slope peice?

[xenologer]

The hinge pivot point needs to be Lower than the edge that is currently snagging.

It may also be helpful to make the doors longer with the hinge farther forward; as it is now, even if your door was to rotate upwards by 90degrees along that hinge, it will still be blocking the passenger from leaving.

Notice how it works on a real car, the door should be long and shallow.

[The Cobra]

You should keep in mind that LDD works differently from the real world. I used some hinges in a house to make it open and close like some old (Lego) castles. Opening did work great. Closing didn't.

Now, here's something I tried and it works so far:

[prateek]

You should keep in mind that LDD works differently from the real world. I used some hinges in a house to make it open and close like some old (Lego) castles. Opening did work great. Closing didn't.

Now, here's something I tried and it works so far:

oh that helps

HI high is the door? Is it just the hingeplate on top of the slpoe? Or is there another plate between the hinge and slope peice?

1 2/3 bricks high