About LeoCAD ------------ LeoCAD is a CAD program that allows people to build virtual models using bricks similar to those found in LEGO toys. It's available for free under the GNU Public License v2, and works on the Windows and Linux Operating Systems. Installation ------------ You can download the latest version of LeoCAD and its Pieces Library from the main website at http://www.leocad.org It's recommended that you install the latest drivers for your video card, since LeoCAD can take advantage of hardware acceleration for rendering by using OpenGL. - LeoCAD for Windows: Download LeoCAD-0.75.2-4351.exe to your computer, double click on the icon to launch the installer and follow the intructions. - LeoCAD for Linux: You can either download the source from Subversion or use the i386 rpm binaries. If you decide to compile it yourself you will also need to download the Pieces Library separately, extract it to any directory of your choice and point the LEOCAD_LIB environment variable to it. More information is available at http://www.leocad.org New users should take a look at the online tutorial located at http://www.leocad.org/trac/wiki/BasicTutorial/ to learn how to use LeoCAD. Online Resources ---------------- - Website: http://www.leocad.org/ - Mailing lists: http://gerf.org/mailman/listinfo - LUGNET Newsgroup: http://news.lugnet.com/cad/leocad/ news://lugnet.com/lugnet.cad.leocad - Subversion access: http://svn.leocad.org/ - Bug database: http://www.leocad.org/trac/report Legal Disclaimer ---------------- LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this software.