What do you all think?įrom this forum, I just heard about Stud.io, I've downloaded it and it looks very good, but I haven't had a chance to learn it. How about 'LDD Advanced' or something else. Maybe calling it 'LDD Pro' was a bad marketing strategy on my part. I mean something more advanced, primarily for hobbyists that would have the best features of MLCad and LDD combined. Even if they do make a new version of LDD, I'd still be interested in purchasing a Pro version.īy 'Pro', I don't literally mean people would use it to make money. I can only find it through Google, which kind of makes me feel like they're shelving it. However, I can't find any way to navigate from the homepage to the LDD download page, even with their search engine. It has been correctly pointed out that the LDD download page says The LEGO Group is no longer supporting LDD version 4.3.10, and version 4.3.11 is available, so I might be wrong about them dumping it altogether. If anyone reading this agrees with me, please respond and maybe we can start a campaign to convince The LEGO Group that this idea is worth pursuing, They have already put a lot of resources into developing LDD and even with its shortcomings, I still love it! It would be a shame to let this code go to waste instead of continuing to develop it! Then we could have the best of both worlds! These days, AFOLs, children and educators have proven to be willing to spend hundreds of dollars on LEGO sets, so why wouldn't they be willing to spend that much for software? The cost would be justified by improving some of the features of LDD that are weak and adding new features, some of which could be inspired by MLCad. Digital products are certainly inexpensive to distribute and virtually free to 'manufacture'. I can't pretend to know anything about the financial concerns of The LEGO Group, but it at least seems plausible that a professional version of LDD which sells for maybe $200 could pay for its own development. LDD feels a lot more like you are handling real bricks. This is very frustrating for me because I like to work quickly while I'm inspired. Unless someone can correct me, in MLCad, you cannot manipulate bricks in the 3D view pane. Since they were created by The Lego Group, they are arguably more accurate ( I did say arguably). These are AFOLs who wanted to give us something great, and they did! That said, I think LLD bricks and models look better, and more realistic. But not in every way! I mean no disrespect to MLCad, Ldraw, thier creators or users. I also realize that a majority of designers might prefer MLCad with the LDraw Library because it is superior to LDD in many ways. In a few years the LDD version that is still available now may become increasingly difficult to find, and worse, may be obsolete with newer operating systems. I assume this is because it wasn't financially sustainable. WE NEED LEGO Digital Designer Pro!!! The LEGO Group is no longer developing or even supporting LDD.
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