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Re: Lego dimensions
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lugnet.cad
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Mon, 4 Apr 2005 21:26:00 GMT
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I’m not trying to be a smartypants, but might you also have access to a 3-D
scanner? I mean, aren’t they used in the design of a lot of current hi-res
action figures? That kind of scanner would seem useful, if only to give you
high-precision measurements of the bricks.
And how the heck did you get access to an ABS printer? My local Office Depot
doesn’t seem to have one...
Dave!
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I am an engineering student and have access to a rapid prototyping lab.
The whole point of this is that there is this one type of brick that I wish Lego
made (an 8x4 wing without studs) and if I can get the underside dimensions of a
normal 8x4 wing then I can CAD the thing up and make a few. While our lab is
impressive we do not have a 3D scanner, and to be honest I have never seen one,
not even at Boeing. Anyway I was just being lazy -- hoping there was some
resources for these dimensions -- so I would not have to break out the calipers
and measure the darn things.
Brent
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| (...) Well, here's the FAQ on dimensions, which has some pretty precise info: (URL) admittedly, I'd probably just break out the calipers anyway. The wall thickness on wings might be different than other parts, which are the ones you'd see in the (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| In lugnet.cad, brent skadan wrote: so I would not have (...) Just from my experience doing this stuff, you'll want to make a range of parts with varying "fudge factors".. At least on the RP machines I've tried, the accuracy of these machines at (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not trying to be a smartypants, but might you also have access to a 3-D scanner? I mean, aren't they used in the design of a lot of current hi-res action figures? That kind of scanner would seem useful, if only to give you high-precision (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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