#STAR DESTROYER INTERIOR MAP SOFTWARE#

вЂњI jumped back and forth a lot between crafting the aesthetically pleasing parts of the model-the plating and turrets-and refining the superstructure underlying it all. вЂњOf the 15 months I spent designing and building this thing, most were spent in this software,вЂќ he says. Once he had the hull mapped out, he moved on to the specifics. вЂњThat triggered a lot of the other choices I had to make about proportions.вЂќД¬harles acquired a publicly available 3D scan of the A New Hope Imperial Star Destroyer and overlaid it into Studio 2.0 to design the skeleton of his build. вЂњI decided at the beginning I wanted the whole thing to be 5 feet long,вЂќ says Charles. Given that the ship is shaped like an acute triangle, precision with the structureвЂ™s angles was paramount. вЂњI hadnвЂ™t tried a project like this because I thought IвЂ™d need all the parts in front of me,вЂќ he says.ДЄs a collector and hobbyist-вЂ‹crafter of Star Wars props-вЂ‹Charles just finished a life-size replica of Han Solo trapped in carbonite-CharlesвЂ™s first concern was making sure his LEGO Star Destroyer would be as close to film fidelity as possible.

#STAR DESTROYER INTERIOR MAP SOFTWARE#

He says he made the switch because the fan software felt similar to the professional programs he used at his animation job. Charles used Studio 2.0 for his Star Destroyer after struggling with LEGO Digital Designer, the LEGO GroupвЂ™s in-house program. Today, fan-written LEGO programs like Bricksmith, LDraw, and Studio 2.0 allow builders to вЂњtry out ideas without needing to dig through your tub of LEGOs or go out and find parts at a garage sale,вЂќ says Jacob Moore, creative director at BrickLink, a LEGO fan forum, brick market, and publisher of the Studio 2.0 design program. Like most new LEGO projects, CharlesвЂ™s ship materialized on a computer before he started clicking bricks together.

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