How do you find things in LLD

[Phantom59]

How do you find any thing in LDD ?

I use LDraw and I find it is a lot easier to find the part I want.

As for the names "Car Steering Stand and Wheel (Complete)or 3829c01" in LDraw is called console W. Wheel in LDD.

Is there any web site where you can look up part names for LDD like Ldraw Part tracker or Peeron

[Brickdoctor]

If you use Peeron, for a lot of the pieces you can search for the part number in LDD. (not all of them, since pieces with numbers beginning in 'x' are numbered differently in LDD, but most of them)

Though if you plan to use LDD a lot for a long time, I'd recommend you do it the hard way and search each category until you find the piece. Do it enough and you'll start figuring out where pieces are. (of course, I've been using the program since it was first release with the limited colors and numbers of bricks, and I still have to use the search now and then, but I can build models a lot faster than if I used the search for every brick)

Edited July 15, 2011 by Brickdoctor

[Aanchir]

The easiest, most reliable method for finding parts on LDD is to download Superkalle's LDD Manager and use the Part Finder. LDD Manager compares Bricklink and official LEGO part names and numbers to help you find the ones you need.

The search box in the parts tray is also a useful tool. Searching by part number will find you a lot of the parts you need, but at the same time (as you've seen) there are places where the Bricklink number and LDD number will not match. The main instances of this that I've found are multi-part bricks like the steering wheel or minifigure torso, parts for which Bricklink has three-digit part numbers or placeholder part numbers (usually small parts like certain minifigure accessories where no part number is legible on the piece itself), and parts where there is not a one-to-one relationship between Bricklink and LEGO numbers (for example, the LDD part 60897 corresponds to both 4085d and recent uses of 4085b in sets).