ATonOfBricks

Hello all, I'm having a trouble trying to build a dome on top of an octagonal structure. I don't normally build fully round structures; I've only done one MOC that was round modeled after a skyscraper in Texas (I forgot which city). Since I don''t have much experience with round buildings, I've having an extremely difficult time trying to build a dome top of my structure. I'm trying to make it in LDD as I would in real life but I'm not having any luck. I'm trying to make it look like what I have below but a lot better. Any suggestions or techniques to make this happen?

Beautiful. I love it.

That looks awesome. What bricks did you use to get the texture?

I am utterly amazed.

I like them, especially the foosall table and monty python.

I've always had problems generating instructions. The smallest model I ever had was about 600+ pieces and it was also the first model I built in LDD, that generated instructions in about a few minutes. Recently, I build a model about 6000+ pieces and it took forever. I left my computer on over night and about 10 hrs later, it wasn't even half way done. The odd part about this is, I thought that the bigger the model is, the longer it takes to generate instructions. Once, it took only a few hours to completely generate instructions for a model that had about 13000+ pieces.

I can't open them =(

I like the doubledecker bus. It's awesome =)

I have to say I'm impressed with the update. I would be part impressed if TLG started manufacturing all of the added parts. I only use parts in my designs that exist. Most of the bricks are discontinued and can be bought through bricklink. A few things that I don't like is that it takes FOREVER to scroll through it. That's not a real complaint but other than that I'm satisfied with it.

I see, but its the wrong color. I'm looking for a darker shade of blue, they call it trans-dark blue on bricklink.

It's not in LDD Extended mode

I normally build large model skyscrapers, and most of my creations are black or blue. However, colors like trans-black (or smoke), and trans-blue isn't available on LDD. How do I get them? I usually use transparent tile, plates or windows covering black or blue bricks. But this way not as detailed.

I'm pretty sure that this has already been said, but I want it to handle large models like 15,000 and above.

Hello, I'm new to eurobricks. Is there anyway to improve the performance of LDD? It crashes a lot. I can't even move the model without it crashing, even on my small models. Also, is there any other Lego software that can handle huge models (around 15,000 to 30,000 bricks)?