Presented at
Still Hacking Anyway (SHA2017),
Aug. 5, 2017, 10 a.m.
(60 minutes)
LDraw™ is an open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes. You can use it to document models you have physically built, create building instructions just like LEGO, render 3D photo realistic images of your virtual models and even make animations. The possibilities are endless. Unlike real LEGO bricks where you are limited by the number of parts and colors, in LDraw nothing is impossible.
-- http://ldraw.org/
#Software #Kids #Making
This talk will introduce the LDraw ecosystem. We will examine several tools for creating virtual LEGO models, methods of creating high-quality renderings of your models, generating instruction booklets, and take a look at the underlying format in which parts are models are represented.
I first got into LDraw when I was in 5th grade, and it was a very good bridge between my mechanical interests in the physical world (having a very LEGO-oriented childhood) and my initial math and programming interests in the virtual world. Creating models of new LEGO parts as they came out motivated me to learn basic linear algebra while still in elementary school, and motivated me to write many simple programs to manipulate the models I was creating.
This is definitely a topic for all ages, future-hackers and AFOLs (Adult Fans Of LEGO) alike :)
* Abstract taken from official description on http://ldraw.org/
Presenters:
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Jean-Philippe Ouellet
When Jean-Philippe was 8 years old, someone handed him their well-worn copy of K&R and said "Here kid, read this. One day you'll thank me." He got started in security by hacking games, and somehow made it through high school wearing OpenBSD shirts nearly every day. He studied Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he picked up random hobbies like Amateur Radio, Caving, and Dungeons & Dragons. He ran the Cyber Security Club at Virginia Tech for several years, and really enjoys going to hacker conferences and being part of the greater hacker community, where he has made many friends. These days he stays up at night contributing to Qubes OS. He is currently seeking interesting work with a positive societal impact in an interesting part of the world - feel free to contact him ;)
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