autogenerating a LEGO model possible?

[Thit Sonne]

by Thit Sonne

Hi,

Is it possible to autogenerate a Legomodel from a non-Lego drawing?
For instance draw up a CAD model, and autogenerate a Lego model, with suggested bricks?

Might be a stupid question, and the wrong thread to post in, but I am eager to know ;-)

Best regards Thit Sonne

[Tim Gould]

Right thread but the short answer is no. It would involve hideously complicated pattern matching in 3-dimensions.

The long answer is sometimes. Trivial cases such as mosaics and not so trivial mosaics of printed tiles have been done before. Similarly there are two programs I know of that can take a 3D model and convert it to bricks, one does it studs up but Lsculpt does it very cleverly. LSculpt is probably the closest to what you're after.

Tim

[Willy Tschager]

Q: Is it possible to auto-generate a LEGO model from a non-LEGO drawing? For instance draw up a CAD model, and auto-generate a LEGO model with suggested bricks?

A: Short answer is: No. It would involve hideously complicated pattern matching in 3-dimensions. The long answer is: Sometimes. Trivial cases such as mosaics and not so trivial mosaics of printed tiles have been done before. Similarly there are two programs that can take a 3D model and convert it to bricks, one does it studs up but Lsculpt does it very cleverly. LSculpt is probably the closest to what you're after.