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Re: Probably a FAQ...
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:46:46 GMT
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Fred M. Sloniker wrote in message <365f8e7a.32298838@lugnet.com>...
> ...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?)
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 a base unit as the thickness of a tile (I ignored the studs and
concentrated on the body of the bricks) a 2x4 brick is 3 tiles high, 5 wide
and 10 long. The gap in between studs is 1 tile, and each stud is more or
less 1.5 tiles wide. The thickness of the ABS is about 0.5 tiles.
I also worked out the thickness of plastic of the tubular bits on the
bottom, but I can't remember them!
-Steve/Shed/Whatever
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| ...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)
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