Lab 1-Part 1: Spatial Thinking & LEGO Digital Designer IAT 106 Spatial Thinking and Communication Spring 2017 Lab 1-Part 1: Spatial Thinking & LEGO Digital Designer

LEGO-Lab(FUN ) Part 1: Discover and learn to use LEGO Digital Designer © Part 2: Develop sketches of a two-gimbal system Digital model: Use LEGO Digital Designer to build a digital model of the Gimbal system Physical model: Build your Gimbal system using LEGO bricks. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Rotating_gimbal-xyz.gif

LDD: LEGO Digital Designer Virtually limitless number of bricks Almost all LEGO Brick configurations Generates instructions for how to build the physical model Free Download from LEGO Website - http://ldd.LEGO.com/

LDD: Main Window

LDD: Modeling View Edit, Move, Rotate Model View Bricks Selection

LDD: Context Menu Use Arrows to Rotate Change Color as Brick Inserted

LDD: Inserting a new Brick Collapse Brick Set Choose Brick If moved on existing brick it snaps Brick inserted

Camera Control Rotate View or use keys 8,2,4 and 6 Brick inserted Reset Tool Used to create ‘fit to page’ Zoom in/out or use wheel on mouse

The Icon Bar—in Build Mode

The Icon Bar--in VIEW Mode

LDD Has Three Operational Modes 3. Building guide mode Brick inserted 1. Build mode 2. View mode

Building Tools The building tools are only Available in Build mode Selection tool (V key). Use the Selection tool to select single bricks on the scene Advanced Selection Tools aka Contextual Toolbars

More Building Tools!

The Hinge Tool

Viewing Mode

Finding tricky, important parts Turn it with a TurnTable Turn a corner with an angle bracket

Live Demo: LDD IN ACTION

Neat example Here’s a “car” built with LEGO: http://ca.autoblog.com/2012/09/05/drivable-LEGO-go-kart-is-slow-but-awesome/?a_dgi=aolshare_email