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Re: Elements I'd like to see...
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:16:08 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Salm wrote:
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> > Gender changer plates are also something I would like to see.
> > I don't hold out much hope for female-female plates as they would be so thin
> > they they might easily break; perhaps these would have to be 1/2 thickness
> > rather than 1/3 brick thickness.
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> Have you looked at the new(ish) Technic half-beams? These are basically
> 1xN female-female plates, except their height is 1/2 the width of a 1x1
> brick.
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> In LDraw measuring, regular plates are 8LDU tall, 1x bricks are 20LDU
> wide. The half beams are 10LDU tall, when you lay them down.
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> See Technic Liftarm 1x5, Technic Liftarm 1x6,
> Technic Liftarm 1x7
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> If you aren't using the web interface to read this, see
> <http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/search.cgi?q=32017+32063+32065>
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> Steve
Yup, you are correct. I simply forgot about these pieces. I have used them as
gender changers in the past, but do not like them much due to the rounded ends.
For now, however, that is all we have and I guess I can be happy with that
until a better solution is created.
__Kevin Salm__
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| (...) Have you looked at the new(ish) Technic half-beams? These are basically 1xN female-female plates, except their height is 1/2 the width of a 1x1 brick. In LDraw measuring, regular plates are 8LDU tall, 1x bricks are 20LDU wide. The half beams (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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