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Lego parts in inventor

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Message 1 of 14
d3lilley
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Lego parts in inventor

I am designing a robot that combines lego gears/axles with many non-lego parts, and I would like to have everything drawn up in CAD before building it. I have spent my last hour searching google for pre-existing Lego parts compatible with inventor, but my search was not very fruitful.  Does anyone know if these parts exist?

 

Thanks!

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Message 2 of 14
waynehelley
in reply to: d3lilley

If you can't find the parts, why don't you try using iparts to generate the lego bricks.  If you make it so that your table can control the length of the bricks, the width of the bricks, the number of buttons along the length, the number of buttons along the width and the colour, you will be able to generate new variations very quickly.  You should be able to hollow out the bricks and remove the bottom face by using the Shell feature.

 

Wayne

 

 

Wayne Helley
Inventor 2013 Certified Professional

Autodesk Inventor Professional 2023
Visual Studio 2022
Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit
Message 3 of 14
waynehelley
in reply to: d3lilley

http://grabcad.com/library/tag/lego

Wayne Helley
Inventor 2013 Certified Professional

Autodesk Inventor Professional 2023
Visual Studio 2022
Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit
Message 4 of 14
Doug_DuPont
in reply to: d3lilley

Here is a I-part Lego Brick. Not Mine copied from someone.

Douglas DuPont
Inventor 2016 Pro, Vault 2016 Pro
Quadro M4000
Windows 10 64 Bit
Message 5 of 14
Doug_DuPont
in reply to: d3lilley

Here is a I-Part Lego Plate

Douglas DuPont
Inventor 2016 Pro, Vault 2016 Pro
Quadro M4000
Windows 10 64 Bit
Message 6 of 14
GSE_Dan_A
in reply to: Doug_DuPont

Why did I have to see this thread?!?!? Now I'm going to be playing with virual legos all day instead of doing actual work! Smiley Very Happy

GSE Consultants Inc.
Windsor, ON. Canada
Message 7 of 14
monroedinh
in reply to: GSE_Dan_A

Same reason I clicked the thread 😮

Inventor 2013
Message 8 of 14
GSE_Dan_A
in reply to: monroedinh

At least its Friday and my boss is a Lego FREAK! I should show him these... Ill probably get asked to build something for him with Legos!

GSE Consultants Inc.
Windsor, ON. Canada
Message 9 of 14
swordmaster
in reply to: GSE_Dan_A

lets have a lego building competition

Inventor 2010 Certified Professional
Message 10 of 14
Doug_DuPont
in reply to: d3lilley

Here is another 

Douglas DuPont
Inventor 2016 Pro, Vault 2016 Pro
Quadro M4000
Windows 10 64 Bit
Message 11 of 14
GSE_Dan_A
in reply to: Doug_DuPont

Keep em coming Doug! Smiley Very Happy I wouldn't mind trying to build a virtual lego assembly.  Maybe a weekend project of some sort. 

GSE Consultants Inc.
Windsor, ON. Canada
Message 12 of 14
Doug_DuPont
in reply to: d3lilley

Lego Window

Douglas DuPont
Inventor 2016 Pro, Vault 2016 Pro
Quadro M4000
Windows 10 64 Bit
Message 13 of 14
ampster402
in reply to: Doug_DuPont

still on 2011 here, what version are these files in Doug?

 

TIA

Message 14 of 14
d3lilley
in reply to: d3lilley

Thanks guys, just to add to the list:

 

http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/default.aspx

 

just search lego. I downloaded all of the lego gears / axles that I needed. Just be careful, the search bar is very precise and doesn't appear to have a "closest results" feature. I entered "lego gears" the first time around, and there were 0 results. I then typed "lego gear," and the gears came up.

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