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Awesome LEGO

A curated list of awesome LEGO software, archives, links, and other resources.

CAD

  • BlueBrick - Layout editor for LEGO exhibitions (Windows).
  • BrickLink Studio - Build, render, and create instructions.
  • bricksmith - Virtual LEGO modeling (MacOS).
  • Konstruktor - A LDraw-compatible CAD (Linux, Windows, MacOS).
  • LDCad - LDCad is a multiplatform LDraw (virtual LEGO) editor that lets you edit LDraw model documents in real-time.
  • ldraw - Open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes.
  • LeoCAD - A CAD program for creating virtual LEGO models.
  • LPub 4 - Program to produce step by step building instructions for LEGO models created using the LDraw file format.
  • mlcad - CAD program to create LEGO like building instructions.
  • openldraw - CAD program for designing LEGO MOCs.
  • Toybrick - OpenSCAD module to create bricks.
  • Web Lic - Create instruction books from LDraw models.

Online Editors

  • buildwithchrome - Build a LEGO model on a 32 x 32 baseplate and share it with everybody on a world map.
  • Mecabricks - Build your 3D LEGO models online.

Archives

  • Brickfact - LEGO database with price charts.
  • brickset - Your LEGO set guide.
  • Rebrickable - Combine your LEGO sets to create other sets.
  • brickipedia - A collaboratively written free online LEGO wiki.
    • Customs - Content made by its own contributors.
    • Stories - LEGO fan-fiction.
    • Ideas - Collection of LEGO ideas.
  • lugnet - International LEGO Users Group Network and global community of LEGO enthusiasts.
  • peeron - Partial listing of the parts in official LEGO sets.
  • Unofficial Minifigure Catalog - App with information about all minifigures and sets from 1975 to 2015.
  • Let's build it again - Online LEGO building instructions.

Resources

  • Holly-Wood.it - Tutorials, utilities and software add-ons for LDraw.

Software Libraries

  • BrickMosaic - Transform a photo to a bricks mosaic (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
  • brickowl2rebrickable - Tool to convert BrickOwl orders to Rebrickable CSV files (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
  • BrickUtils - Tool to build your brick catalog and check if you can build a model created with LDD or LDraw.
  • LD Pattern Creator - Vector based texture editor for decorated LDraw parts (Windows). Exports a list of bricks as a BrickLink XML file (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
  • LDD to Ai Swatches - Script to convert LEGO Digital Designer Materials to Adobe Illustrator Color Swatches (ASE).
  • LDMakeList - Tool to create the list of available LDraw parts (Windows).
  • LDR Importer - App to import LDraw and LDraw compatible parts and models into Blender (including proper mesh and materials) (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
  • LDraw.rs - Library for manipulating and rendering LDraw model files in Rust.
  • LDView - Real-time 3D viewer for LDraw models (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
  • LEGOCAD Loader - Python script that creates parts lists from LEGOLDD/LXF, LDR, MPD files (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
  • Legofy - Make images look as if they are made out of 1x1 LEGO bricks.
  • LSynth - Tool to add complicated flexible hoses, bands, chains, and treads to the LDraw files you make with LDraw CADs (Windows, MacOS).
  • Minifig SVG Decals - Collection of SVG files for use as decals on minifigs.
  • MILSgen Terraforming - Workflow & script to create large scale landscapes from MILSgen terrain modules.
  • NateJacobs/Brickset-API - Get LEGO set information using the Brickset API.
  • Node LDraw - Node.js library to parse an LDraw file.
  • Node Move Hub - Node.js library to communicate with the LEGO Boost Move Hub.
  • rioforce/LEGO-Textures - Textures scanned from real LEGO bricks.
  • seankross/lego - R data package featuring every LEGO set from 1970 to 2014

Competitors

  • Airfix - Quickbuild push-together model kits.
  • best-lock
  • Brik.co - Laptop cases and wall tiles covered with LEGO compatible studs.
  • Flexo - Flexible brick system.
  • Makeblock - Various building blocks for robotic kits.
  • Mega Bloks
  • Minifigures.com - Special minifigure designs and service to order custom made minifigures.

Links

Marketplace

  • BrickLink - Unofficial LEGO Marketplace.
  • BrickOwl - Marketplace to buy and sell LEGO parts, minifigures and sets.
  • brickpicker - LEGO price and investing guide.
  • Brick Shop - Online shop for bricks and sets.
  • LEGO Shop - Official LEGO online store.

Models

  • fuddl/BrickDock - A Dock compatible with the iPhone 5 made from LEGO bricks.
  • Braiding Machine - Powered by a single motor and makes ropes & wristband.
  • Lego A4 Plotter - 2D plotter made with LEGO Technic and Mindstorms.
  • LegoMicroscope - Simple to build microscope with no need for precision optics or 3D printed parts.

Model Conversion

  • Brickify - Converts STL files to LEGO and 3D-printed parts
  • Brickr - Implementation of the paper "Automatic Generation of Constructable Brick Sculptures" (Eurographics 2013)
  • LSculpt - Triangle mesh to LDraw file converter.
  • MILSgen - Converts heightmaps to LDraw .ldr files

Add-ons

  • bitbeam - LEGO technic compatible wooden beams.
  • Funky 3D Faces - Create a miniature version of a real head to fit it on minifigures.

YouTube Channels

Books

Blogs

Articles

Build Manuals