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Revision as of 02:15, 9 March 2025

LEGO Digital Designer
Developer(s)
Initial release24 July 2003; 21 years ago (2003-07-24)[1]
Final release(s)
Windows4.3.12 / 30 July 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-30)[2]
macOS4.3.11 / 12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)[3]
Operating systemWindows, Mac OS X
Platform
SuccessorBrickLink Studio
Available inEnglish, German
TypeComputer-aided design
Websiteldd.lego.com

LEGO Digital Designer is a discontinued program for designing LEGO models.

Features

History

LDD was announced in April 2003 and released in July. [5]: 15 

LDD was announced by LEGO Direct's Jake McKee on 29 April 2003.[6]

References

  1. "News". Qube Software. 24 July 2003. Archived from the original on 31 July 2003. 24-Jul-2003 – LEGO Digital Designer ships!
  2. "setupldd-pc-4_3_12.exe". LEGO.com (Executable file). 30 July 2019. File date (obtained via wget). Archived from the original on 10 September 2019.
  3. "SetupLDD-MAC-4_3_11.zip". LEGO.com (ZIP file). 12 December 2017. File date (obtained via wget). Archived from the original on 24 August 2018.
  4. "LEGO Digital Designer: Download". LEGO.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009.
  5. 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.
  6. McKee, Jake (29 April 2003). "Announcing LEGO Digital Designer 1.0". LUGNET. Newsgrouplugnet.cad. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025.

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