Open-source tool designs LEGO builds with more than 2,000 real pieces

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Open-source tool designs LEGO builds with more than 2,000 real pieces, according to Tom's Hardware. Carlos Antelo's open-source ldraw-nova lets GPT-6 (large language model by OpenAI) Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 design LEGO models as LDraw CAD files. AI models can now design LEGO builds with thousands of real pieces, creating programs that output detailed CAD files, with the assistance of open-source LDraw Nova .

It can leverage general models like GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 to design elaborate builds from a prompt, such as the 2,175-piece Sakura Garden. The models use Python tools to write programs, which output the builds without placing every brick.

None of the designs have been built with real bricks yet, though; developer Carlos Antelo says he “didn’t even try.” “Give an AI agent (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question) a model idea. Guide it, let it build it,” according to the GitHub project’s README.