Note: The Guild of Bricksmiths custom model shop is a neat place, and this isn't it.

Resources

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LDraw.org

Learn about the LDraw library of virtual Lego bricks, upon which Bricksmith is based.

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LPub

Make printed instructions from your models.

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L3P Launcher

Graphical front-end for L3P, a tool which converts LDraw into POV-Ray raytracer format.

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POV-Ray

Turn your LDraw models into beautiful 3D renderings with this raytracer.

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LSynth

Add fiendishly complicated flexible hoses to your creations.

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Other Mac LDraw Software

There's quite a long list these days.

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Anton Raves

Offers another POV-Ray converter based on his own part library.

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The Bricksmith Project is an open-source venture.

Bricksmith allows you to create virtual instructions for your Lego creations on your Mac. The magic is based on the LDraw library, a collection of 3D models of Lego building blocks created by enthusiasts from around the world. With Bricksmith, you never have to worry about running out of parts!

Bricksmith's raison d'être is to wed Lego building with the ravishing beauty of a genuine Macintosh interface. Bricksmith offers:

• a fast, comprehensive part browser to bring thousands of parts to your fingertips
  
• a full Lego color palette
• support for steps and submodels
• undo, cut, copy, and paste
• drag-and-drop building
• multiple viewports
  
• a Minifigure Generator
  

Soak in the wonderment. View the screenshot.

Tutorial

Basics of Bricksmith: An introduction to the  basics of making Lego models with Bricksmith.

Contact Me!

If you are using Bricksmith, I want to know what you think. Send me some e-mail.
Also, if you have expertise with programming in Cocoa and wish to contribute to this program, I want to hear from you.

Donate

Bricksmith is free. Free as a bird. Free as the spring rain. Free as the Divine Plan of Salvation.

But writing this program takes quite a while. So if you would like to send a thank-you note with your pocketbook, I'll certainly be happy to go buy some real Lego with it.








This site and software is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the Lego Group. It exists soley as an homage to the boundless imagination of the toy they created.