In under an hour, I was able to build an accurate model of the basic structure of the home using the Lego Digital Designer tool. It is very powerful but less friendly to learn and use.

Adult Lego enthusiasts have been using the LDraw application for nearly 20 years.

(The only hard part was figuring out how to rotate bricks – you press arrow keys on keyboard before placing the brick.)

The Lego group provides the free Lego Digital Designer app which allows you to get started quickly to build simple models.

There are two main tools which people use to model their Lego projects in 3d… If it were practical, I might also share instructions for building my model on my website. I don’t have any interest in building models in 3d software as an alternative to building with real bricks, so for this project, I simply wanted to take a model I had already built and re-create it in the computer to see how easy it is. Lastly, others use the same software to create instructions for other Lego enthusiasts to build models that they designed. I think others use this instead of building real models at all. I’m sure some people do this to prototype models they want to build but do not have sufficient bricks to create. There are several applications which allow Lego builders to build models using computer software instead of using real plastic bricks. Today’s challenge: Make a 3d model of a Lego project using Lego CAD software.

Lego cad software