I started working on instruction generation for my Daily Planet model because even though I hoped to be able to squeeze the globe rotation motor into the green dome at the top I suspected it wouldn’t be possible while making the dome strong enough to support the globe. It looks like that’s probably true, but to be certain I’m going to build the dome and globe out of real bricks (and I’m trying to convince my wife it’s the only responsible thing to do).

There’s a screenshot below of the design tool I use, BrickLink Studio if you’re interested. It does have a steep learning curve (at least for complex projects), but it’s incredible to be able to design something like this on a computer.