Mobaco with round towers
When I first knew about Mobaco, I was dreaming about creating big castle's, with towers and gates. But how to add these elements gently into the Mobaco ecosystem? Mobaco is having floor plates with square hole patterns, fitting columns and wall panels. So basically only retangular type buildings + tower segments could be created. It's […]
Showing 3D models online, created by LeoCAD...
Would be great to export 3D models from LeoCAD and show them on online platform(s). I did investigate already some different online platforms and SketchFab seems to be best for now. So let's test a relative big LeoCAD building: Mobaco construction toy library (v1.5), instruction Set 5-C: While exporting the model, the next features are […]
Online 3D model viewers...
Creating those LeoCAD 3D buildings/structures, will be more appealing, when viewed inside a 3D viewer, so it's time for some coding.Since glTF is "the standard 3D format" for internet and could even include animations, this seems a good direction to try. Converting LeoCAD to glTF With a bit of help from ChatGPT, managed writing some […]
Retro Building Toys
Around April 2021 I came in contact with a small group of enthousiasts, who were investigating an old Dutch made construction toy called: Mobaco (1924-1956). After reading some posts & discussions, I wanted to anticipate to this research, but from a bit different angle: Why not make this building toy available in 3D, so everyone […]