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Re: You can now get Brick Paper like the Master Builders use for free!
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Date: 
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:57:33 GMT
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You can do your own in Excel:

http://news.lugnet.com/build/?n=2653

I tried it and it worked great.  I even scaled it down to 2x 3x and 4x (just
divide the row and column sizes).

Also, for the side-view, put a border every 3rd row and in page setup turn
on cell gridlines to put in the plate boundaries.

James Wilson

In lugnet.general, Kevin McMillin writes:
> In the January-February issue of LEGO Mania Magazine on pages 18-19, there
> is an ad saying the following(it was also in the Ultimate LEGO Book):
> 
> "Ever wonder how professional LEGO® model builders get all those great
> curves and shapes into their creations?  The trick is something called brick
> paper.  Brick paper is a special kind of graph paper designed to help plan
> LEGO models.
> 
> Now you can get brick paper just like the LEGO model builders use!  Visit
> the LEGO web site at http://www.lego.com/graph/ "
> 
> There's more, but it is unimportant.  Anyway, each square is exactly the
> same size as the LEGO plates.  Loading the URL brings up a prompt to
> download a .pdf file.  Need Windows, as well as Acrobat Reader 3 (or an
> older version).
> 
> I believe the Quaker Oats and the Studios K1360 pack have already been
> mentioned.
> 
> Kevin



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