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Subject:	Is it efficient to replace plates w/bricks in a plates studs up mosaic?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build.mosaic
Date:	Wed, 2 Feb 2005 20:25:31 GMT
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Is it efficient to replace plates w/bricks in a plates studs up mosaic?

I always thought it was and have been trying to think of a way to implement it in Bricksaic for about a year. I was trying to come up with a smart and efficient way of doing it. I finally figured out a way to do it but the results are not what i was hopping for. While implementing my idea i came up with a better one, and an even better one after that. but the better ones may not be so good.

1966 parts - part list LDraw file The first image is made up of all plates.

1490 parts - part list LDraw file This image is made by making an LDraw file with all plates. Then i look for common color, common sized plates and replace them with a brick.

1548 parts - part list LDraw file This image is made by checking every 3 rows and placing as many brick in as possible. Then going back and filling the holes with plates.

1646 parts - part list LDraw file This image is made by checking every 1 row and placing as many brick in as possible. Then going back and filling the holes with plates.

So which is the best way? Is there a better way? When building such a huge mosaic, is part count really an issue? How should i handle this in Bricksaic? Should the user get to choose which optimization to use? Is this even an issue? Am I putting to much thought into this (my brain is starting to hurt)?

bob kojima

Message has 3 Replies:

		Re: Is it efficient to replace plates w/bricks in a plates studs up mosaic?
(...) Bob, I just downloaded a copy of program this week and have played around with it over a few lunch hours. Good question. Can you implement all three choices, say as a toggle like you choose with the other features? I have yet to do a mosiac, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)

		Re: Is it efficient to replace plates w/bricks in a plates studs up mosaic?
(...) Yes it is ! If you build larger mosaics, you'll see that it gets much heavier if you only use plates. The more bricks you use, the lighter your finished mosaic will be. The best method?? In my mosaic I searched for large areas to use bricks (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)

		Re: Is it efficient to replace plates w/bricks in a plates studs up mosaic?
Bob, One more suggestion: Because there is no "brickwall"-structure in your MLCad results, it might not be such a bad idea to alternately read lines from left to right and from right to left. In my program I also have something like this: For I = 0 (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)

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