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Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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lugnet.cad
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Mon, 25 May 2009 00:40:11 GMT
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Willy Tschager wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, David VinZant wrote:
> > I have been playing around some Cad software called SolidWorks and would like
> > to model LEGO bricks. Is there a resource for accurate dimensions of LEGO
> > parts?
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> Hi Dave,
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> check out the LDraw Specs 1.0.0 at:
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> http://www.ldraw.org/Article218.html#ldu
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> An easy way to convert mm in LDUs is Mike Heidemann's prog LDCalc:
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> http://ldcalc.mikeheide.kilu.de/
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> Don't miss Marc Klein's website for modeling tips in SW as well as converting SW
> data into .dat:
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> http://marc.klein.free.fr/lego/stl2dat/stl2dat.html
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> Hope this helps.
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> w.
IIRC, *real* Lego parts use Imperial units, so converting to/measuring
using the metric system will involve lots of decimal places.
-Mike
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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| (...) Given that Denmark went fully metric in 1912 and that a 1x1 brick is 8mm x 8mm x 9.6mm (stud exclusive) it seems unlikely that imperial will work out better for you. Although it does so happen that 8mm is quite close to 5/16inch. Tim (16 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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| (...) 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. (16 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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| (...) Hi Dave, check out the LDraw Specs 1.0.0 at: (URL) easy way to convert mm in LDUs is Mike Heidemann's prog LDCalc: (URL) miss Marc Klein's website for modeling tips in SW as well as converting SW data into .dat: (URL) this helps. w. (16 years ago, 22-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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