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Re: LEGO design patterns... you know, there's a book in that, I'm sure of it!
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.inst
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 28 Jun 2003 02:28:03 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Miguel Agullo wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Allan Bedford wrote:
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> > I think the idea, of an
> > ideas repository is something that this community could pull off with success.
> > Using the CAD software available, just about anyone can now share their building
> > techniques, ideas and mechanisms with everyone else. Housing them on a website
> > seems a likely destination.
> What about using the ample and growing infrastructure provided by the Brick
> Instruction Portal for this project?
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> http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/
Excellent idea! I'm crossposting this to lugnet.inst to see if we can get
further feedback. Isn't there already a category there for building techniques?
Perhaps with some additional sub-categories, it could be fairly easy to get the
ball rolling.
> I'm a builder who takes the time to fully document my MOCs for some of the
> reasons mentioned in this thread. However, there has to be a limit to the number
> of sites that builders like myself should to send our models to or the idea
> might not take off due to dillution of resources.
You have an extremely good point there. I already have a LUGNET account, a
Brickshelf account and a BIP account. Oh, and a Bricklink account. :) It
would be nice if this idea could simply be an add-on to an existing site. And
BIP would *seem* the most likely candidate. After all, these are instructions
we're talking about... just for techniques and mechanisms, not always complete
models.
> As an aside, I have to say that the CAD tools have been greatly enhanced *quite
> recently* by the apparition of Lpub and, specially, Lsynth. When it comes to
> documenting pneumatics, pullies, chains and, to lesser extent
> electrically-driven mechanisms, there is a before and after Lsynth.
I've just gotten into creating instructions and renders quite recently. I have
to say, it's a lot of fun. :)
> As for an existing book, "Building Robots with lego Mindstorms" captures many
> Lego Technic cliches. Even if you never plan to use Mindstorms but are a
> hard-core Technic head, it is probably a worthy read. Take a look at the sample
> chapter (devoted to Lego geometry) at
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> http://www.syngress.com/catalog/sg_main.cfm?pid=1742
Neat stuff! Thanks for the link.
> Finally, the online edition of the US Navy's "Simple Machines and How they Work"
> provides a worthy introduction to basic mechanics, although it is arguably quite
> limited in scope.
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> http://www.syngress.com/catalog/sg_main.cfm?pid=1742
Odd... the Navy seems to copy their material from outside sources. ;)
Do you have the real link handy? :)
> Anyway, I hope that at least some of this stuff helps and moves this worthy
> project along
Well, you presented some good ideas... and that is always a good way to get
things going!
Regards,
Allan B.
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