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  1. Superkalle
    I'm moving this to our Special Themes section, where it will fit better.
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    Or the "hand of the Creator"
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    OK, finally I see what you mean by when you mention the Simpson house example. That was an interesting example BTW, because the 1x1 round plate "light bulbs" inside will not be visible from the outside. I wonder, was it added only to give a cool experience during building (i.e. the builder will know there are are bulbs inside the lamp shade)? Because it doesn't seem reasonable that the two 1x1 round studs are added for strengthening the connection since there are no forces on the lamp shade (other then gravity). As for the all the other examples in your list - now they are beginning to make more sense. Hm, not sure what to think now. We'll have to see how common building techniques this turns out to be. Are there any other example then the Simpson house? And like I said, all of the candidates in your list have to tested to at least see they are not a too tight fit. Or that won't fit at all due to physcial obstructions in the physcial brick - like in 4285. I think that for the DUPLO case, it was just deemed that LDD was not suited for such small kids, so there was no need to add DUPLO bricks. But that's just my guess - I don't know for sure.
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    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.
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    OK, I think I'm starting to understand you now. But in the Reid Exo-suit, I thought you meant, that the 15395 were lacking stud connectivity to 75937, and that that was the bug. It was when you went on and listed all the other bricks, that I said that not all of them should have stud connections. I'm aware about the problem with the 1x1 round plate and how it allows a lot of scaffolding possibilities, but fixing all possible bricks in all possible connections so that they don't intersect is going to be a humongous task, so I'm reporting only those that are specifically messing up the re-creation of an official set, or could be deemed very common Maybe we are talking past each other. As an example, there is no connection between a 2x2 brick and a 15395 (no clutch power), so therefore it will not connect in LDD (or in real life). And with a 2x2 plate the connection is too strong (not legal), at least with newer ones (all the ones I've tried) due to the mold ejection holder marks along the inner sides, and therefore it is not supported in LDD, and not in real life either. As examples, the Red bricks shall not fit, the green ones should. Is that the way you view it too?
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    Yes, connectivity is only on case-by-case since it turned out many bricks will not fit in real life. 30151 is too lose 2x2 plate is too tight 2x2 brick is too lose etc The 15395 is actually a very odd (and poor standardized) brick since the connectivity is case by base, and that goes against one of the core fundamental principles of the LEGO system - that what looks like it should fit (for a child), should fit. Having said that, if there are some connections that should fit but don't in LDD, report them here (as always), but make sure to test them with physcial bricks first. And I agree that 75937, and most likely it's old counterpart 30333, should fit. I also tested 30094 just now, and that fits fine, so that get's reported too.
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    Yeah, if you live in Denmark you're right Seriously though, it all depends on where you live in the world. In Sweden, the electricity in general comes from 45% Water power, 45% Nuclear and 10% Wind etc (rough figures). But the point is that it would be easy for TLG to just say their vehicles are for example electric and that the energy comes from a Renewable source, and who could then argue with that? Maybe this is a bit off topic, but there are a lot of cool vehicles out there that run on alternative fuels. Like the BMW i3 or this hot Harley Davidson
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    Moving to Mafia & RPG games
  9. Superkalle
    In the model you've used 41881, not 94531. With the right part it should fit.
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    Cars can also be powered by electricity (like Tesla S) and hydrogen (like Toyota FCV). So for TLG, they could solve the problem by slapping a "Electricity Powered" sticker on their LEGO cars.
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    A 1L worm screw is actually a good proposal If the number of gears in engagement are sufficient given the LEGO gear geometry, it should work fine. But it might be too tight though to fit supportive beams on the sides. A 3L worm screw would be good if they just allowed the axle to pass through and it had more threads . A 2L worm is OK like you say - only that you always need bushings to make it 3L => extra parts needed in the set and extra steps in building process.
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    I'm not sure what you mean. You want to distribute the force over as large area as possible to lower contact point pressure, so opposite of what you say. Also, with only 1,5 threads, the end of the 1,5 threads will chop into the gear edges of the wheel so there will not be a smooth transition between gear cogs. The LEGO design goes against all rules for worm screw design. 1,5 threads is just too little. Here is Google image search Not sure what you mean here either I'm afraid. Maybe I was a bit vague in my wordings though, but what I meant is that 2L worm gear is "out of system" in terms of standard modern Technic design. In the old Technic days, 2L was good. But modern Technic is based on odd modules (1, 3, 5 etc), That is what I meant.
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    Well, I guess you are right in one sense - for light loads and simple applications, the new worm screw is sufficient. The thing is that LEGO elements are supposed to be designed for use in many different kinds of applications. The forces in the the large sets can be pretty massive (with XL-motors and all) and the new worm gear is (was) not good for that. I think the fact that TLG pulled the part from even existing sets and re-made all building instructions is evidence enough that it was (and is) a bad design. At least that's my guess.
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    From an engineering perspective, the new worm screw has a serious design flaw in that it doesn't allow a cross-axle to pass through. This will create bending forces and play inside the worm as the gear rotates when a force is applied/generated. Also, there are only 1,5 turns of threads on the new screw, which seems quite few and doesn't seem enough to completely engage the threads in all possible sized cogwheels. Normally you want as many threads as possible to engage with the worm to get maximum distribution of forces and a smooth engagement. Compare to pics below. True, the old worm screw did have an issue that it's length was out of system (required two extra half-bushings), and I think that is what they wanted to fix with the new one. Unfortunately they introduced some other much more severe problems. EDIT: Oh, and third issue with the new part: TLG calls it WORM GEAR....when I believe a more correct term is a WORM SCREW or just WORM.
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    I got some info from the LDD Team. It seems a fix was issued yesterday to remedy two things: 1. Removed Legacy color palette in LDD Mode. The introduction of Legacy colors in the LDD Mode had the consequence that the color palette wasn't fully accessible on some lower screen resolutions. So Legacy colors were removed. Legacy colors are available through Extended Mode though. 2. Some users had problem to update the previous update due to lack of sufficient memory. The new functionality is that the update has been split into a number of smaller updates. This shouldn't be noticed or affect those that already have the 1382 brickset installed.
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    Good looking MOC Toa I'm moving this to Special Themes, since MOCs are generally to be posted in their respective theme here at EB.
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    LDD Manager will give you a detailed parts list (in BL format) as can be seen in the link above. But you can also get a BOM (Bill of Material) from within LDD on the File Menu > Export BOM. It depends what you want to use the BOM for which method to chose.
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    It was replaced by the old screw already a few weeks after initial sets hit the shelves. The few sets that had the 15457 were redesigned, and if you buy one of those sets today, it will have the old screw. (I picked up a few 15457 from BrickLink a few months ago...my guess is this part will be a rarity in the future).
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    I guess it will be either open or shut. But I suppose most want it shut, right?
  20. Superkalle
    In the LDD Official Sets topic, member Vean today posted a LDD model of the 40109 MINI mini set.
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    Are those LEGO pieces and colors? I can't make out what they are.
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    Yeah, you're right - those don't exist in yellow. But I suppose 44375 Dish could be used then....or something else?
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    A MOC solution for the tires could be to use black rims with a yellow center cap. That would give the illusion that the tires has higher profile. Three examples, from left to right 1) Original 2) Yellow rim, yellow center 3) Black rim, yellow center
  24. Superkalle
    You need to add the Model Group first. What you are trying to do is to enter a Model-name. That won't work. So.... 1) Add a model-group (use the button on the right...Add/Edit model-group) 2) Once that is done, use the drop-down list to select it. 3) Done You can now use the modelgroup in various places in LDD Manager.
  25. Superkalle
    Yes, there is an error with the palette. It's too big to fit all screen resolutions.
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