Category Archives: CAD

Layout Planning with BlueBrick

January 30, 2010 – 10:24 pm

I have been using TrackDraw for layout planning for years. My friend and former NCLTC member Cary Clark wrote TrackDraw and I authored many of the parts in the TrackDraw library so I had a vested interest in using it.  Compared to TrackDesigner, TrackDraw was a huge improvement particularly if you were planning a large [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in LEGOPalooza, NCLTC, Planning | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (8)

Converting the Emerald Night to 9v

January 26, 2010 – 11:44 am

I built the Emerald Night a while ago and it has sat in the box down in my basement ever since.  It is a beautiful train although it really does need additional passenger cars.  A month ago when I had the e-mail dialog with my Dad about the Emerald Night, he asked me how it [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Instructions, LEGOPalooza, LUGNET, NCLUG | Tagged , , | Comments (20)

First Results from LPub4 – CTB-6500

November 30, 2008 – 3:50 pm

For the past day or so I have been playing with LPub4 here and there.  I am happy to post the first results of my efforts.  I can only say “wow” – Kevin Clague is the man!  I never thought I would see the day where we would have WYSIWYG creation LEGO instructions but that [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Custom Kits, Instructions, MOC | Comments (0)

LPub 4 – Wow!

November 29, 2008 – 11:10 am

It has been a while since I have done much LEGO CAD work.  After doing it almost every day during the LEGO Hobby Train project, I got a bit burned out on it too.  Taking a model and turning it into good quality instructions was an incredibly time consuming process and one of the primary [...]

By Mike Walsh | Also posted in Instructions, MOC | Comments (0)