Sunday, September 27, 2009

Rotating LEGO iPhone Dock Instructions Update

Hey readers! I thought I would drop a quick post and let you know that the instructions are coming along nicely. I’ve been using Bricksmith to construct an LDraw model. There has been a bit of a learning curve involved, but it has been a whole lot of fun. So much so, I am giving up on LEGO Digital Designer in favor of Bricksmith for all my LEGO modeling. Bricksmith provides just too many options for fine tuning the model and its components. Since it uses the LDraw library, I also have access to many more elements. If are a Mac and LEGO fan, you must download this software. I’m considering doing some tutorials on this software, so if this is of interest to you, drop me a comment and let me know.

As a sneak peek, I’ve dropped in an image of the Bricksmith model below so you can view my progress.

BrickSmith

Next up is learning to use the Mac version of LPub4 to create those professionally produced instructions. I used the software many years ago, but have learned that there are many changes and additions and I’m really looking forward to giving it a shot. Stay tuned for further updates.

6 AFOL Comments:

Charlie said...

I'm really looking forward to this, any updates?

Steven "Doc" Combs, Ph.D. said...

Charlie,

I have the model complete and am working on instructions. Thanks for asking and feel free to keep on pestering me!

“Keep on Building”
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Steven B. Combs, Ph.D.
:: Bricks in my Pocket (BimP)
:: http://www.bricksinmypocket.org
:: steven@bricksinmypocket.org

Charlie said...

Do you have a bricksmith file I could check out? I am a newb to it and would love to see how a real model is built.

Thanks for the hard work!

akihico said...

hey!! good work!!
can you upload the instruction to build it??

Charlie said...

Did you abandoned this project?

Steven "Doc" Combs, Ph.D. said...

Charlie,

No, didn’t abandon. See my latest post. Thanks for the interest!

“Keep on Building”
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Steven B. Combs, Ph.D.
:: Bricks in my Pocket (BimP)
:: http://www.bricksinmypocket.org
:: steven@bricksinmypocket.org