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hmmm,
I wish I had read further before I replied to Stephen's post a few minutes
earlier.
I think that an isometric grid would not work too well without some
distortion. Since the stud side is a different measurement that the other
sides (except that opposite the stud) the isometric grid would have to be
distorted to a cube, or it would be too confusing to use. Of course, that
is just my opinion on the matter.
See my earlier post for another idea, though.
Oh yeah, graph paper is great for sketching out your ideas while sitting on
an airplane with nothing else to do (that's what I did yesterday).
Build On!
John Matthews
Miles Gentry <gentrym@gte.net> wrote in message
news:FrFzr6.1MF@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.announce, Stephen F. Roberts writes:
> > ...I just posted some drafting paper I made to LEGO scale in Corel
> > Draw to the brickshelf gallery (warning: they are PDF files and are
> > huge downloads!) Use and enjoy :-)
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/wubwub/drafting-paper/
>
> Very useful material for planning a project with paper and pencil. The
> "overhead" paper provides a medium for sketching "plan" views, ie, looking
> straight down at the tops of brick studs. The other paper offers an
> "elevation" view, ie, looking at the side of a wall marked for plates
> because 3 plates high = 1 brick high.
>
> The ruled lines print dark. This paper works well with an erasable pencil
> if you draw beside the darkly printed lines on the inside of the group of
> cells defining each of your brick. If you can print the lines as grey, • then
> you could draw over the same line as a printed grid line.
>
> Has anyone tried to make isometric dot paper for drafting isometric views?
>
> Enjoy sketching, Miles Gentry
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