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Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:39:10 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Stefan Gustavson wrote:
> Well, yes, and no. The bricks are not nearly as precise as the molds,
> but the dimensional tolerances for parts must certainly be a lot
> tighter than the difference between 1/64" and 0.4 mm. That difference
> is almost a full percent, so there is absolutely no doubt about this:
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> 1 LDU is certainly not 1/64".
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> 1 LDU is, however, quite likely to be exactly 0.4 mm.
> I challenge anyone to dispute this. It is not a fact, it is just
> my best guess, but in the true spirit of science I put that best
> guess into writing:
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> http://www.itn.liu.se/~stegu/lego/LDUlength.pdf
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> (Don't worry about my mental health, this was written for
> fun. But the *results* are meant to be taken seriously.)
Well, far be it from me to argue with Science. ;)
Steve
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