http://w1.161.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm
BlockCAD is a freeware program for building virtual models with Lego-like
bricks.
You can save your models, or save pictures of them (.bmp, .jpg), even reuse
a complete model as a part in another model.
Everything can be controlled with the mouse, but it's also possible to use
the keyboard for most of the commands, making 'routine building' more
effective, and there is a minimum of text involved, to make it easier for
kids,
BlockCAD is not a full CAD program, the pieces can only be placed 'studs
up', and rotated in steps of 90 degrees. It is impossible to draw pieces
that are partly inside other parts, which excludes almost all of the Lego
Technic line, but there's still a lot of fun to be had with it.
BlockCAD is freeware, but if you really like the program, I would be happy
if you send me a piece of (real) Lego, and maybe a postcard from your home
town. My mail adress can be found in the About... box in the program.
BlockCAD was started in the summer of 1998, when I saw a demo of a
commercial brick building program (whose name escapes me for the moment),
and I thought: "I can do that too!". So I did.
The Lego 'purists' should be wary, because I am not strictly following the
Lego look, just doing something for fun. Some parts look like Lego, some are
from the Swedish clone, Byggis, and some are pure fantasy.
--
Woodzy
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