Everybody likes LEGOs. If you don’t like LEGOs, then there’s something wrong with you. There’s just something about putting blocks together that’s just super-cool-awesome. LEGOs are so well-liked that the brand single-handedly revived LucasArts gaming with the LEGO Star Wars series.
A free "utility" that’s available is the LEGO Digital Designer, which runs on Windows or Mac. It is what you think it is – LEGO-building coolness on your computer, and it’s free.
When you start off, you’re presented with DESIGNbyME, Mindstorms, Universe or you can open an existing design or free-build.
Example:
If you know nothing about putting blocks together, that’s not a problem as several templates are available within the program. The left sidebar also conveniently groups certain pieces to make block-finding a relatively simple process.
The LDD program is actually very well done with thoughtful touches put throughout. Aside from the fun factor and strictly speaking from a technical point of view, this is a good, stable app.
What’s the best part about the LEGO Digital Designer?
Let’s say you put something together you think is really cool and would like to buy it. You can. A price is calculated, your bricks are hand-picked based on what you built, and then you can buy it and build your design in real life.
That’s just plain frickin’ awesome.
Site: http://ldd.lego.com/
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I’ve used this, and on many occasions actually, and it is a good program. The controls can be a bit frustrating though, and not all the blocks that are out there are able to be used, unless they’ve updated it because I haven’t used it in a while. But it is a good thing to waste your free time on