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  1. Creative tools! by Joshua+Fan · · Score: 1 · on What To Load On a 4-Year-Old's Netbook?

    Start with getting him a tablet like the Bamboo Pen & Touch and let him go crazy on ArtRage. You'll definitely get your money's worth in saved paper, crayons, and stained walls. Or get him started on 3D modeling with Anim8or, an absurdly easy and free program to get into, and then later follow an introduction to real LEGOs with MLCad.

    There are also kid's programming languages, which help prevent kids from seeing computers as "magic devices". Popular examples that use a visual drag-and-drop method are Alice and Scratch.

  2. Lego CAD.... by CompSurfer · · Score: 1 · on Star Destroyer Built Before Your Eyes
    Lego CAD is pretty fun and lets you design your own models. It can even generate step-by-step instructions like an "official" kit would have.

    It's free too!

  3. Und Mein by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Build Your Own Lego Computer Case
    I'm currently designing a case using some Lego CAD software I've found. (Not Lego's crappy own LDD [http://www.lego.com/eng/create/digitaldesigner/de fault.asp], but what I find to be the fantastic MLCAD [http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/])

    The case itself is going to look pretty much like a standard (if not a little bigger) full size tower. It'll have an opening door on the front that allows you to get to the removable hard drive bays. I'm only using black bricks, I tend to be somewhat anal that way, I can't mix brick colours, (well, unless it's symetrical.. heh).

    I started off with designing the hot-swappable removable hard drive enclosures, followed by their housings. Then moved on to the 5.25" enclosures. Everything is pretty much as breatheable as a screen door, so no fans in the removable enclosures are required. After the enclosures and their respective enclosures had been designed, I moved on to the case itself, which was pretty much a breeze except for designing locking mechanisms for the enclosures that made sense. (Ie, accessible.) I have a number of fans strategically positioned around the inside of the case, and the intake and outtake air is channeled in and out of the case respectively.

    Once I had the case completely designed, a quick export of a parts list later, I was on Bricklink.com [http://www.bricklink.com/] to start searching their online stores for parts. (They have HUNDREDS of stores accross many, many countries, they're online auctions, you can find pretty much ANYTHING there, with many degrees in price to chose from.)

    And that's where I am today, I'm slowly (it's expensive to buy 30,000+ single lego pieces) getting parts in the mail, and saving up for more. I'm taking pictures of the entire process, and I have renderings done by MLCAD, but I don't have a website to host them. If anyone would like to see it or would like to help me host it in the near future (read: a week or 2), you can always drop me a line at 'PseudoSchizo@gmail.com'.

    I should really sign up for /. so I can post under an actual name.. hrmm.. ah well, perhaps next time. ;)

    Cheers,

    Ben 'Jammin

  4. No by Seraphim_72 · · Score: 2, Interesting · on 3D Modelling for Kids

    here

  5. Lego Geekiness by Seraphim_72 · · Score: 1 · on Classic Toys For Christmas?

    ..no discussion would be complete without the ability to draw this stuff -

    MLCAD

    LDraw

    Sera

  6. Ye gods. by Fortran+IV · · Score: 4, Funny · on Rubik's Famous Magic Cube in Lego Form

    Just when I think the nerd community cannot surprise me any more, along comes something like this article. Not only is there a CAD system for building with LEGO, there are enough of them to justify a common graphic interface for them. Jeez Louise.

    Perhaps the universe has a reason for giving us such lousy social skills. If we ever really worked together, turned all that creativity and ingenuity to a single purpose, we'd have already built the Earth Mark II by now (probably from LEGO), and uncovered the Ultimate Question: How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
  7. Lego CAD package by gefafwysp · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Inside the Lego Master Builder Search

    I've been using the MLCAD software for some time now. It comes with almost all the bricks in existence, so if you've got a year or two to spare, you might want to check it out.

  8. Re:Cool, but... by Stephen+VanDahm · · Score: 1 · on Medieval Fantasy meets LEGO Again

    "some really decent Lego software with unlimited pieces so that I can build stuff on my computer and share it with other Lego freaks."

    This isn't an official Lego product, but MLCAD allows you to build Lego models on your computer with an unlimited parts bin. If you're a Windows user, you might want to check it out.

    Steve