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LEGO Digital Designer
Developer(s)Qube Software[1]
Initial release24 July 2003; 21 years ago (2003-07-24)[2]
EngineQ 1
Operating systemWindows, Mac OS X
Platformx86

LEGO Digital Designer is a discontinued CAD program for designing LEGO models. It was originally designed by Qube Software, based on the software originally made for the 2002 game Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Features

History

Further information: Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets § Development

Following the release of LEGO Creator: Harry Potter in 2001, LEGO Software moved development of a fourth LEGO Creator title from Superscape to Qube Software. [3]

The first version of LEGO Digital Designer was released on 24 July 2003.[2]

Version 1.3, released in November 2004, updated the program's engine to Q 1.1.1.[4] Qube Software announced on 4 March 2005 that the next version of Digital Designer would be the first software using the Q engine to be available for Mac OS X.[5] Version 1.4 was announced on 26 July 2005 and released on 26 August.[6][7] Version 1.5 released on 20 December 2005.[8] Version 1.6, released on 8 May 2006, updated the engine to Q 1.1.2.[9][10]

LEGO Digital Designer had been downloaded by over five hundred thousand people by November 2004,[4] by over one million people by August 2005,[11] and by over 1.5 million by May 2006.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Powered by Q – LEGO Digital Designer". Qube Software. 2003. Archived from the original on 22 July 2004.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "News". Qube Software. 2003. Archived from the original on 31 July 2003. 24-Jul-2003 – LEGO Digital Designer ships!
  3. ↑ Crecente, Brian; Vincent, Ethan (8 December 2021). "Episode 43 – The LEGO Game That Unlocked True Digital Creation" (PDF). Bits N' Bricks (Podcast). Participants: Servan Keondjian, Ronny Scherer, and Rob Smith. The LEGO Group. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2023. Audio version via YouTube.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Applications Powered by Q – LEGO Digital Designer". Qube Software. 2004. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005.
  5. ↑ "LDD for Mac OS X Announced". Q Developer Network. 4 March 2005. Archived from the original on 8 July 2006.
  6. ↑ "LDD 1.4 for Windows and Mac OS X". Q Developer Network. 26 July 2005. Archived from the original on 8 July 2006.
  7. ↑ "LDD 1.4 Released". Q Developer Network. 26 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 July 2006.
  8. ↑ "LDD 1.5 Released". Q Developer Network. 20 December 2005. Archived from the original on 23 September 2007.
  9. ↑ "LDD 1.6 Released". Q Developer Network. 8 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 June 2007.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Applications Powered by Q – LEGO Digital Designer". Qube Software. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 September 2006.
  11. ↑ "Applications Powered by Q – LEGO Digital Designer". Qube Software. 2005. Archived from the original on 30 April 2006.
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