A couple of weeks ago, I described the free software package called LDraw that with MLCad and POV-Ray allows you to design Lego creations and illustrate them with ray tracing software. The software actually goes far beyond this, as MLCad is a real Computer Aided Design program that allows you to save the steps so that you can automatically generate instructions for your Lego creations. It also generates a Parts List so that you know which parts you will need beforehand.
I was playing around with it this weekend, and made one of the spaceships described in a good online tutorial. Then I rendered him with POV-Ray, and then overlaid the Lego image over a lovely picture of Saturn. The result is: Our Hero Races Past Saturn
Go ahead and laugh… that’s the whole point!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Posted under Fun, Lego, Software
This post was written by drknuth on March 21, 2007
