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Building with Virtual LEGO : Getting Started with LEGO Digital Designer, LDraw, and Mecabricks /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baichtal, John (Author)
Corporate Author: McGraw-Hill Companies
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Series:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
Subjects:
LEGO toys.
Robots > Programming.
LEGO toys > Design and construction.
Computer simulation.
Models and modelmaking.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyrights Page
  • About the Author
  • Contents at a Glance
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Building with Virtual LEGO
  • What?s Virtual Building All About?
  • Is Virtual Building for You?
  • Overview of Virtual Building Options
  • Summary
  • 2 Gallery of Cool LDD Models
  • Keytar
  • Great Temple of Odan
  • A Gentleman?s Tank
  • Death Angel Mecha
  • Chocolate Milk Maker
  • A15 Comet
  • Alien vs. Predator Diorama
  • Pentagon
  • Ford Pinto
  • Robot Chassis
  • Pumpkin Factory
  • Antarxa
  • Summary
  • 3 Choosing Between Software Options
  • General Editor Limitations
  • System Requirements
  • Ease of Installation
  • Brick Palettes
  • Maximum Build Size
  • Community
  • Summary
  • 4 Installation and Overview of LDD and LDraw
  • Downloading LEGO Digital Designer
  • Downloading LDraw
  • Legacy LDraw Software
  • Summary
  • 5 Brick Palettes
  • LEGO Digital Designer (LDD)
  • Mecabricks
  • LDraw
  • Summary
  • 6 Building with LEGO Digital Designer
  • Exploring the Application
  • Menus
  • Checking Out the Workspace
  • Building Basics
  • Advanced Building Techniques
  • Summary
  • 7 Building with LDraw
  • LDraw Editor General Features
  • Building with Bricksmith
  • Building with LDCad
  • Summary
  • 8 Building with Mecabricks
  • Navigating Mecabricks
  • Building in Mecabricks
  • Interacting with Other Platforms
  • Summary
  • 9 Building Instructions
  • Creating Instructions in LDD
  • LPub: Building Instructions for LDraw
  • Manually Generating Instructions
  • Summary
  • 10 Community
  • Websites
  • Software
  • Creating New Parts for LDraw
  • 3D Printing Parts
  • Summary
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W.