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Re: Play "I can name that piece..."
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Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:03:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (Joshua Delahunty) writes:
> [...]
> I actually think of the element in terms of its relationship to
> octagonal corridor elements, most especially the outside corner element.
Me too! If only they'd appeared in white a few times (because of all the
white corridor elements). I think they only appeared in black & blue.
> > How about something like?--
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> > 3.5x3.5x6 Quarter-Spherical Heat Sink
> > or
> > 3.5x3.5x6 Convex Corner Vent
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> Hmm. Don't like fractional lengths or widths, especially in light of my
> brick.plate unit system for element heights, so I probably wouldn't use
> either of those...
In that nomenclature, how do you write fractional plate measurements?
A plate is 2 LU tall, 1 LU = 1/2 plate-height.
How do you write measurements for elements that are 2.5 LU wide?
I once considered writing "1.1" for 8LU (4 plates tall) and "1.2" for 10LU
(5 plates tall), but decided not to because there are so many elements which
measure exactly N+.5(decimal) bricks tall...for example
.5 bricks tall (3 LDU): *
4 x 8 Plate [DUPLO]
1.5 bricks tall (9 LDU):
4 x 4 x 1.5 Round Table (2x2 Top) [DUPLO]
1 x 2 x 1.5 Brick w/ Side Sink [DUPLO]
2.5 bricks tall (15 LU):
1 x 4 x 2.5 Barn Half-Door
1 x 2 x 2.5 Arch Window Frame
7.5 bricks tall (45 LU):
1 x 4.666 x 7.5 Rectangular Castle Door
and so many elements which measure exactly N+.5(decimal) studs wide...for
example
.5 studs (2.5 LU):
1 x 3 Technic Half-Beam (a.k.a. Liftarm)
1 x 5 Technic Half-Beam
1.5 studs (7.5 LU)
1.5 x 4 Flat Windshield w/ 5 Hinge-Finger Slots
1.5 x 2 Plate w/ Horizontal Side Groove
1.5 x 6 x 2 Train Railing, 1 x 6 Base
2.5 studs (12.5 LU):
1 x 2.5 Tile w/ 2 Top Hinge Fingers
2 x 2.5 x 2 Hinged Box
2.5 x 4 Ribbed Tile w/ 5 Hinge-Finger Slots
In other words, isn't it confusing if x.y means something different in the
vertical direction than in the horizontal direction?
--Todd
* I used LDU = "LEGO DUPLO Unit" here, such that 1 LDU = 2 LU.**
** Where does LU come from? (I know what it stands for -- 1/6 the height of
a standard 2x4 brick and 1/5 the width of a 1-stud-wide brick -- but
where did it come from as a basic unit of measurement?) Things like the
Technic half-beams seem to imply that an LU isn't really a basic unit of
LEGO SYSTEM measurement -- that maybe .5LU is really the basic unit... ?
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| Todd Lehman (lehman@javanet.com) wrote: [...] (...) Take care. Some people use "LDU" for "LDraw Unit", which is 1/4 LU. (...) I don't know. I thought you, Paul or David [1] coined it? Somebody had enough humor (and sense) to suggest that "deciLU" (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Play "I can name that piece..."
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| (...) They appeared in Grey in 6952 "Solar Powered Transporter. Also, they don't work too well with the Octagonal corridor elements. They DO work well with the Double-sloped windows, however. (think Alien Moon Stalker, 6940) Jeff (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Play "I can name that piece..."
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| (...) No, it doesn't (take that into consideration). The name comes from a day when I named things more for their modification of a defined element, rather than entire bounding-box approach to size. Since they're no longer made, I haven't had reason (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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