CNET Editors' review
Lego Digital Designer gives users the chance to play with Legos without paying for Legos. Loaded with features, the drawbacks are minor and this program is a lot of fun to use.
The program links to the Lego online store, but there's more going on here than corporate shilling. The graphics-intensive program seamlessly zooms in and out, rotates your point-of-view 360 degrees, connects bricks to each other, rotates them, and moves any hinges they might have so you can explore how your pieces fit together. Parts include basic bricks, model jet engines, and infrared sensors. The Brick Palette puts all your bricks in one basket, so to speak, so that managing them is no more difficult than keeping track of more than two dozen subpalettes that catalogue the variations.
Seventeen prebuilt models are included to help beginners. You can place your model against a cheesy 3D background, save it, take a screenshot, explode it only to have it reassembled on the next mouse click. There's an option to watch an animated guide on how to recreate whatever complex design you just built. In addition to all this, you can send your model to Lego.com to share with other Lego builders.
The user interface for Version 2 is a big improvement, although some controls could be more intuitive. The app chows on RAM, so those with older machines should be prepared for serious slow-downs if they can get the program to run at all. Still, it's a great facsimile for replicating the fun of Lego bricks digitally, and since its free it's the cheapest Lego experience you'll ever have.
Publisher's Description
From Lego Systems:
Welcome to Lego Digital Designer, also known as LDD. With the free Digital Designer software you can build absolutely anything with virtual Lego bricks right on your computer. Then you can buy the real bricks to build your creation online in Lego Factory, or you can print out an inventory of bricks and take it to any Legoland theme park or LEGO Store.
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"ummmmm........"
Version: Lego Digital Designer 1.5
Pros
i want to play but it not work
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it does not work it says error every time i turn it on................ whats rong got any help email me at.... kaydenbreen@yahoo.ca thanks for your help..
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it does not work.. why
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"stop buying legos, download this program"
Version: Lego Digital Designer 3.0.9
Pros
Really nice concept, the entire brick palette is at your fingertips and get your creative brains going !!
Cons
buggy program, takes a lot of system resources. my computer has a pentium D 2.66GHz and 1.25GB RAM and it lags
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"legoland"
Version: Lego Digital Designer 1.5
Pros
coooool
Cons
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"doesnt work with MacBook Pro (intel mac)"
Version: Lego Digital Designer 1.5
Pros
it's free - if you could get it to work
Cons
does not work with macintel
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