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In lugnet.build, John Matthews wrote:
> hmmm,
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> I wish I had read further before I replied to Stephen's post a few minutes
> earlier.
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> I think that an isometric grid would not work too well without some
> distortion. Since the stud side is a different measurement that the other
> sides (except that opposite the stud) the isometric grid would have to be
> distorted to a cube, or it would be too confusing to use. Of course, that
> is just my opinion on the matter.
I'm not remembering the exact, specific definition of 'isometric', but
I've produced some isometric-type graph paper that is quite useful for
LEGO designing. The grid is made of vertical lines and diagonal lines
which are at about a 20-degree slope. There are both left- and
right-sloping diagonal lines, of course. Think of hex-grid paper,
except the triangles are slightly flattened, vertically.
Steve
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