Lego bricks have accompanied the childhood of many generations of children and are among the most remembered toys in the history of the twentieth century. The development of constructions made with colored plastic bricks that fit together, have contributed to the growth of many children, keeping their brains awake and stimulating the imagination, logic and ability to create.
This article is therefore dedicated, above all, to those who have ventured with the famous bricks and who found great satisfaction when they completed their architectural work.
In light of the crisis that has affected the Lego company and its huge drop in sales (in 2017 the Lego crisis is a memory and today is stronger than ever), it may be nice to know that it is possible to continue assembling colored bricks, on the computer, with a 3D application worthy of the best tools for three-dimensional drawing.
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The Lego Digital Designer program is distributed by the Danish parent company Lego, to relaunch the product and is compatible with both Mac and Windows.
Basically, the goal of Lego is to relaunch via the internet, making available to everyone, free of charge, a 3D modeling program to design virtual Lego buildings.
The graphic interface of Lego Digital Designer and the design and construction process is quite simple and there are also several tutorials to assist those who want to use the program that can be used without being 3D graphics experts.
To start, you can, for example, expand the customization of one of the pieces of the sample collection of available and preloaded models.
Users simply drag and drop virtual bricks, from the toolbox, to the work platform to build the model.
The program provides some useful tools to assist users in building their models.
Once the drawing is completed, the object drawn in 3D can be purchased by submitting an order for purchase to Lego which should ship every single piece used with the program.
Users can also share their masterpieces on the web with other fans by uploading their design on the online gallery of the LEGO website.
To build the lego man, this time in the form of a virtual avatar, you can use Minifigures a web application that allows you to modify the Lego man model as you wish.
Hair, a hat, colors, eyes, glasses, beard and mustache, mouth, body, arms, hands and legs can be added and modified.
