LEGO Digital Designer

LEGO Digital Designer
LEGO Digital Designer
	Screenshot showing a model built in version 4.3.11's extended mode
Developer(s)	Qube Software (1.x); LEGO System A/S (2.x–4.x);
Initial release	24 July 2003; 22 years ago
Final release(s)
Windows
Windows	4.3.12 / 30 July 2019; 6 years ago
macOS	4.3.11 / 12 December 2017
Operating system	Windows, Mac OS X
Platform	x86; PowerPC (1.4–2.3.20);
Successor	BrickLink Studio
Available in	English, German
Type	Computer-aided design
License	Closed source (Freeware)
Website	ldd.lego.com

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

Features

During the development of Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, work began on Project Arena.^[5]^: 15–16 Previous attempts at LEGO building software in the wake of SPU-Darwin had included the three LEGO Creator titles by Superscape and the 1997 Dacta software LEGO CAD.^[6]

LDD was announced in April 2003 and released in July.

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

↑ "News". Qube Software. 24 July 2003. Archived from the original on 31 July 2003. 24-Jul-2003 – LEGO Digital Designer ships!
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "LEGO Digital Designer: Download". LEGO.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009.
↑ 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.
↑ ^a ^b McKee, Jake (29 April 2003). "Announcing LEGO Digital Designer 1.0". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.cad. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025.