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    Probably a FAQ... —Fred M. Sloniker
   ...what's the ratio of distance between stud centers to thin piece height in a LEGO brick? (Which is to say, if I wanted to build a more-or-less perfect sphere out of LEGO... my own Death Star, f'rinstance... what aspect ratio would I use?) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Probably a FAQ... —Robert M. Dye
     (...) I'm not sure I can get this right, but I'll give it a shot... If you want a perfect cube, you take a 2x2 brick, and top it with a 2x2 plate, and top THAT with a 2x2 tile. A standard brick is 3 plates high. So a 2x2 brick is also 5 plates wide (...) (26 years ago, 20-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Probably a FAQ... —Steve Anderson
      Fred M. Sloniker wrote in message <365f8e7a.32298838@l...et.com>... (...) Well, I was bored one Sunday evening and rather than do some more Economics study, I had a bash at working out the proportions of a classic 2x4 brick. Would this help? Taking (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Probably a FAQ... —Steve Bliss
     (...) Should be about 1/4 tile. More or less. Steve (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Probably a FAQ... —Steve Bliss
   (...) The basic ratio is 2:5, for stud-spacing to plate-height. Which is why you see Technic models with beam-plate-plate-beam stacked up--this allows beams to be placed vertically, and connected to the other beams. In LDU (LDraw units), the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
 

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