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the 20,000 were bricks stacked on top of 8 base plates. the 289 pieces were base plates only placed side by side in a square pattern.

I wouldn't even know where to look lol But how much memory could 289 pieces take up?

Sorry about that. I didn't know this was here when I posted that one. Is there a way to move my post to this thread? sort of combine them?

I've emailed Lego about the problem and hopefully there is a fix in the next update. I think my 10 Acre Estate will be on hold until it is fixed as well. How many pieces do you have vested in the ship so far?

So I conducted a test. Opened a new build and placed 8 base plates in a 4x4 pattern, then started adding bricks (2x2) filling the plates. First save at 10k, then 15k then 1k+ incrementally. Got to 20k bricks and no problems. Opened a new file for base plates only. Placed a 10X10 layout and saved, then 15x15 and saved again. Then placed a 1 baseplate border saving after each border. Once I saved at 17X17 that was the furthest I could go. The most I managed to add was 5 base plates (all 32x32 dots) before the program shut down. I think this should go on the request list for the next upgrade to digital designer.

So I conducted a test. Opened a new build and placed 8 base plates in a 4x4 pattern, then started adding bricks (2x2) filling the plates. First save at 10k, then 15k then 1k+ incrementally. Got to 20k bricks and no problems. Opened a new file for base plates only. Placed a 10X10 layout and saved, then 15x15 and saved again. Then placed a 1 baseplate border saving after each border. Once I saved at 17X17 that was the furthest I could go. The most I managed to add was 5 base plates (all 32x32 dots) before the program shut down.

That was the first thing lego had me do. Didn't work. :(

Don't know if this is possible but, Right now in 4.3 I have tried to build a car (on a base plate) and either I'm just that new to this or it's impossible. I have managed to do it but only after adding some bricks (like a stand) to build the car on. Doing it this way, the tires do not touch the baseplate. I would like to be able to build a car in the garage without having it on a stand.

I might be able to but then i might get lost in what goes where. Here's what I am building, A lego model of A. J. Foyt's old house in Friendswood TX. Located at 403 Sunset Drive if you want to look it up on google maps or Mapquest sattelite view. It is a 10 acre estate. The main house has 13 bedrooms. There is a large 1 bedroom mother in law house attached by a port cochere (spelling) with a 6 car garage attached to the back of that. An olympic sided swimming pool directly behind the main house with two 2 bedroom houses (one on either side of the pool). There is a very large pond that has a 12 person floating gazeebo on it that is fully equiped with utilities and a bbq pit. In the rear of the property there is an enormous garage like structure. The right side had a 3 story garage door with a motor home inside. to the left of that were two 2 story garage doors with car racks half way up and race cars in the racks. Then 3 single story garage doors. There was a 2 bedroom apartment above the 3 single garage doors and a rather large 3 bedroom apartment above that and the two 2 story garage doors. As it stands now, I have the first floor of the main house built, the circular drive and both entry fences, the mother in law house (no roof) the 6 car garage (which has a giant game room above it but not built yet) the swimming pool, the first floor of one of the guest houses by the pool and the foundation of the second. While the entire property will be an estimated 30X30 base plates (32studs) I do have most of them placed but not all of them. Maybe 20 plates missing. The main problem is the detail. The coffee pot, the fountain drink machine like fast food resturants have, the vaccuum cleaner, the baby grand piano, the dvd shelves that slide out of the wall, the fact that every room in the house has different colored walls. I have complete bathrooms with shower heads and sinks, i have closests. I have even built in a pet door into the sliding glass doors in the living room. all which i could duplicate but it has taken me 3 weeks to get this far and i am maybe 20% done with the project. Maybe I'll win the 317 million tomorrow so i can just buy enough lego's to build it in real life lol

I just created a post that is the exact same problem pretty much. Didn't know this one was here. Someone asked me to upload it to brick(somethingorother) lol so he could see it. Wouldn't I have to be able to open it to do that?

Not only that one but the other colors as well. And I don't know the number but there was a tree (built similar to the ones in sets today) that was first introduced in 1986 I think, maybe 84, but it was similar to the very tall pine only skinnier. The real life name of the tree is Italian Cypress. I only have the one that came in the set I got in the 80's but would love to have more of them.

I could if i knew how to do that lol Also, wouldn't I have to be able to open it to do that?

I've contacted lego customer service and was referred here. And to warn you, I am not a computer guru so if you speak in internet lingo we won't get anywhere lol The Issue... I have been building on Lego Digital designer for about 3 weeks now. 1 project. I am up to 16,000 bricks. I was told by Lego there is no piece count limit so 16,000 pieces has been ruled out (maybe). The project is 30 X 30 of the 32 dot base plates. Therefore it goes outside the standard filed of vision for viewing the model as a whole. While the count is not exactly 16,000 (more like 15,981?) once I saved the other day the problem began. Now when I try to load my model, it either closes right before the model loads or occasionally it loads the model but the instant I place a single piece the program closes. Not just closes to the part where you choose which model to load but closes all the way like when you close a web page. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to fix it? HP Pavilion 23 with Windows 8 purchased 03-2014 Thanks for any help anyone may have. James