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Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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Mon, 25 May 2009 18:50:04 GMT
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Michael Horvath wrote:
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> IIRC, *real* Lego parts use Imperial units, so converting to/measuring
> using the metric system will involve lots of decimal places.
YRW :-)
In a book of LEGO history I read, it was explicitely stated that the
original inch based measures were changed to mm. I don't remember which
year, but it was a long time ago. The distance between two studs is 8 mm.
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/gallery/index.htm
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| (...) I tried the experimental approach, built a long line of 23 x Technic beams 16 assembled with plates and measure the total length: 2937mm With 8mm distance between studs, the theoretical value is 2944mm, error is -0.23% With 5/16" distance (...) (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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