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Re: My proposal for new element orientation
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Date: 
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:11:52 GMT
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Since this was posted to .cad instead of .cad.dev, here it is again:

Many Lego elements have no discernable front, rear or side... after
all, some see a 4x2 brick's front as being the 2x end, others will see
the front as the 4x length.

There is the word "LEGO" on the studs... we could orient pieces so that
"LEGO" is right-side up when seen from the front 3/4 view (for pieces
with studs up, of course)

The only thing we tend to inherently agree
on is that studs are on top.

Not if you've read Karim's blurb about how he builds :)
--Bram


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  Re: My proposal for new element orientation
 
(...) This would contradict some existing standards. For example, all 2xN bricks and plates currently have the N oriented on the X axis. Under the stud-logo orientation, they'd have to all be rotated 90-degrees. Also, the stud-logo should be (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: My proposal for new element orientation
 
That won't work all the time. In the L3G0 library, the rule was the vertical axis should pass through the center of the bottom-left stud when the brick is held such that the "LEGO" logo is right-side-up, and the bottom of the brick rested on the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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