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[smigenboger]

I had that happen in BF2

[Rilder]

Finally got around to installing this, legos are awesome, last time I used LDD was back when it was pretty much brand new and there was a very limited selection of bricks.

This is my work on a starship bridge, nothing really serious but I've always wanted to make a huge starship out of legos. plus its not to complicated so far and lets me experiment...

The table in the back is sort of planning table where the senior staff can plan and scheme, the front will have a star trek style viewscreen.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[fenrif]

Captain beardly needs a more fancier chair.

[Aqizzar]

Spoiler: I can't believe I've spent like four hours doing this. (click to show/hide)

And that is how you build one ninth of a submarine.  Just eight decks left to go.  Current listed price: US$186.88.  Estimated total price: US$1681.92.

[Itnetlolor]

Holy crap. I hope you're building it in installments. You know, have all the individual parts as separate files, and the united one as the final product.

It'll reduce on any screw ups provided you have things down to scale or pre-planned. Not the method I used exactly in building the Bloodfist, but effective nonetheless.

[Rilder]

Captain beardly needs a more fancier chair.

Definitely

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Note: His chair swivels around now so he can convene to the planning table without getting up

Also yeah I'm kinda just going as is goes right now, I definitely should plan a bit though

Though somehow the entire model got rotated on the plane so it doesn't line up with the lines on the grid >.> (edit: fixed that )

[Aqizzar]

Holy crap. I hope you're building it in installments. You know, have all the individual parts as separate files, and the united one as the final product.

It'll reduce on any screw ups provided you have things down to scale or pre-planned. Not the method I used exactly in building the Bloodfist, but effective nonetheless.

Can you copy information across files?  Because I want to be able to interact with it as a whole model.  For right now, I just make a lot of judicious saves - of course, being Legos (even fake ones), no screw up is truly impossible to fix.  Building something this large though has exposed some issues within the LDD.  Lots of parts over large spaces, especially unusual pieces like those engine-things I'm using for "ballast tanks" that don't get compatibility checked as much, can wind up misaligned by a few pixels here and there.  I had to rebuild one corner when some pieces wound up at slightly different elevations despite still being connected.

[Akigagak]

You can make groups and save them into templates.

[LegoLord]

Can you copy information across files?

Aye.  ctrl + c while having something selected, open a new file and then use ctrl + v.

[Itnetlolor]

Can you copy information across files?

Aye.  ctrl + c while having something selected, open a new file and then use ctrl + v.

You can make groups and save them into templates.

Either of these methods are acceptable.

[Rilder]

Theres also an import button under file which allows you to select a save to put into one.

[Aqizzar]

Okay okay, I fucking get it already.  Now my big concern is whether my computer can handle the load.  I'd building the bottom floor of that section now, and the program is starting to lag a bit.  I wouldn't be surprised if there's just too damn many parts by the time I'm done.  But since I'll never finish it anyway, I suppose that isn't an issue.

[Aqizzar]

Bumping, because I've earned it.  I suppose.

Spoiler: OMFG Why the fuck am I doing this? (click to show/hide)

There, that's the crew bunks and the galley.  Eighteen beds (32 crewmen under hotbunking, as normal), and seating for eight at the incredibly tiny tables in the mess.  According to my blueprint, that's about 1/5 of the vessel-



The dark blue and purple chunk that is.  Green will be the engine room, lighter blue the officer's bunks and attendant brunch nook, yellow the bridge, red the torpedo rooms, brown the ridiculously small fuel tanks (which I don't have to build anything in), and everything else is oddball space.  I'm basing the design on my rough recollection of the USS Drum, but everything is pretty well swapped around, and rescaled for Legos and theoretically achievable construction.

In case it isn't obvious, the whole thing will be split down the middle, hinging open.  In an astounding display of idiocy, that segment I just spent more hours than I want to think about building is slightly narrower at one end, so it's not fully repeatable.  That said, this segment can be flipped around and reused for the officer quarter, so it's not a total loss.  The engine room will be a little narrower, the bridge will be a special segment with opening walls, and the torpedo rooms will probably just open at the top.

Theoretical listed price is US$280.41 for that wobbly brick of crap.  The building guide took about five ten minutes is effectively incalculable.  It's a good thing I'm not going to devote any more time to this stupid and pointless idea.  Yessir, not gonna look at it anymore.  Never gonna waste an hour on it again.  Nothin' doin'.  Stupid idea.

[LegoLord]

If you're getting lag, you can separate the decks into different modules with their own files.  I kinda thought that's what you were asking about.

[fenrif]

I was trying to make a short range shuttle, but then thought I could stick a pool table in there for kicks. So now i present you with the premier eccentric billionaire leisure shuttle. Theres two fully furnished cabins on the lower deck, and the upper deck can be used for a variety of ridiculously expensive purposes. In this instance the owner is a pool enthusiast, and uses it to travel around challenging the top players to secret winner-take-all games.


Front and back view from outside the shuttle:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2ly5pbs.png
http://i39.tinypic.com/13z8tok.png

The lower deck. Private cabins and engine controls:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2mdh0za.png
http://i41.tinypic.com/303cu9k.png

Upper deck pool hall:
http://i43.tinypic.com/ra5ik1.png

The main entrance:
http://i41.tinypic.com/21jbo9g.png

I'm not too happy with how the engines turned out, or the airlock, and it needs some landing gear and work on the roof bit, but I think it looks pretty good. It also needs some major touches of colour since the all-white look seems really bland for something owned by an eccentric billionaire