LEGO Design By Me : Design Your Own LEGO Sets

Design By Me is home to a software made by Lego that allows you design your very own custom made LEGO sets. The LEGO Digital Designer software can be downloaded and installed on computers that run on Windows and MAC-OSX. You can get the digital designer for free on the LEGO Design By Me website and will roughly take you only a few minutes to download and install provided that you meet the minimum machine requirements that is needed in order for it to run smoothly.

Minimum System Requirements for PC

Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.

CPU: 1 GHz processor or higher

Graphics card: 32 MB graphics card (OpenGL 1.1 or higher compatible)

RAM: 512 MB

Hard Disk Space: 100 MB

Minimum System Requirements for Mac

Operating system: OS X 10.4 or higher

CPU: Intel processor or faster processor

Graphics card: NVidia GeForce 5200/ATI Radeon 7500 or better (not integrated)

RAM: 1 GB

Hard Disk Space: 100 MB

Once the LEGO Digital Designer is installed in your computer, you can begin building your dream LEGO sets. You can also use their Box Designer to give your model the proper packaging according to your preference. You can design, decorate and tweak it using their graphics library. The software is linked to the LEGO online store where you can place orders or buy through Design By Me.

This is great news for LEGO fans and for people who are looking for something personalized to give as gifts or keep for themselves.