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Re: How accurate need bricks to be?
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In lugnet.cad, Niels Karsdorp writes:
> I asked about the accuracy at the bottom of the bricks
> http://home.hetnet.nl/~niels-karsdorp/ldraw/question.htm
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> Chris answered:
> > Yes, this is the "rule" we try to apply - if the detail is functional, then it
> > should be included, if decorative or an artifact of the moulding process then
> > it may be ignored.
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> > Historically we have been even less concerned about the detail on
> > the underside of bricks (such as 700).
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> In the case of brick 700,
> I know that the old versions did NOT have any tubes at the bottom.
> Is that something that should be modeled?
Yes, I believe the presence or absence of tubes should be modelled as this
does impact the functionality. The ribs are less important, IMHO, but if I
were modelling this part _now_ I would include them.
Chris
> I don't have any of those olde 700s, but I might locate one.
> (Hopy my grandparents still have the box of lego...)
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> Niels Karsdorp
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| I asked about the accuracy at the bottom of the bricks (URL) answered: (...) In the case of brick 700, I know that the old versions did NOT have any tubes at the bottom. Is that something that should be modeled? I don't have any of those olde 700s, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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