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Re: Eidolon Engineering releases Spiffcraft to Public
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:20:28 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Ed T. Toton III writes:
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> "http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2378"
> There's another little treat in the pics too. :)
Cute. :-)
[pedantic]
*However*, in order for it to be a *true* monolith,
it must measure *precisely* 1x4x9.
As any other LegoCAD-er will be able to tell you,
the height of the Lego brick is different than the width
of the Lego brick. Using the convention of 1 LDU (LDraw unit)
equals 1/64 of an inch, the ubiquitous Lego 2x4 brick
measures 40x80x24 LDU, and the 1x2 plate measures 20x40x8 LDU.
Thus, a monolith whose base is 20 x 80 LDU (i.e., a 1x4 brick)
would need to be 180 LDU tall, which simply isn't possible.
Thus, the smallest possible *true* monolith that can be built
using Lego would be 2 x 8 studs (40 x 160 LDU) at the "base",
and 15 bricks (360 LDU) tall. (Actually, I'd build it 14 bricks
tall, then add two layers of plates, and end it with one layer
of tiles, for that alien-manufactured smoothness. ;-)
[/pedantic]
But it's still a cute idea.
(And *SO* appropriate for next month! Kudos! ;-)
Franklin
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| (...) I measured the monolith I made (back when I made it a year ago), and it's within 1mm of the correct height for the width and depth, since I used smooth plates at the top. I considered that to be close enough. But yes, I took the dimensions (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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