Here are some good ideas for some new features for Mecabricks.
jal11180 started this discussion in Suggestions and Ideas

Hello. I am jal11180 and I have a brilliant new idea for a feature in Mecabricks. My idea is what if there was a tool that automatically aligned your LEGO Elements and it did not make your MOCs look crooked? Here is how my idea would work. You utilize the All command, which is the A button, and then you simply click out a new command option under that command, which is called Straighten, and it would automatically straighten out all of the highlighted LEGO Elements. I also have some more useful ideas, such as it would be a good idea to have immediate access to all LEGO Online Element Catalogs, so that way Elements in LEGO could not only come directly from people, but also from Catalogs as well. Furthermore, I would like to see Decal Elements, both officially made by LEGO, as well as the ability to custom make your own Decal Elements, MS Paint/Mario Paint Character Stamp style. I would also love to see an option to make your own LEGO MOC Instruction Booklets, complete with all of the backgrounds from official LEGO Themes, as well as custom making your own LEGO Theme to be put into the LEGO Instruction Manual. Finally, I would also like a command where you can select a group of LEGO Elements, rather than all of them that are on the screen, so that way, you can be a bit more precise when you are building your LEGO MOCs on Mecabricks. What do you all think of my ideas? I would love to hear your feedback on these ideas. Thank you.

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Your brilliant idea turned out in a few ideas. Good thinking! 😃

It's been suggested before to allow custom decals in Mecabricks.
You can use groups to select a set of bricks instead of all bricks. Just group the bricks together when you selected them all and then you can click the group to select the bricks easier.

Can you explain what you mean with LEGO Online Element Catalogs?
I do think that your idea about the instruction manuals is going a bit far for what Mecabricks is meant to be. After all, a building instruction generator would be the first step to take. 😉

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  • For selection, you can use groups like suggested above or the Area selection (B).
  • Tool to create instructions will come one day but is not on the top of the to-do list.
  • I don't fully understand the 'straighten' button or more exactly the need for it. If you use the snap tool you shall be able to locate/rotate/align the pieces correctly while you build.
  • Having custom decorations directly uploaded by users is a technical nightmare. It would require a lot of user input checks as well as a lot of available hard drive space without including how the custom parts would be handled by the part library. I think I am already close to 100GB of data and I am starting to look for new ways of making that grows slower.

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