To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.spaceOpen lugnet.space in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Space / 5463
5462  |  5464
Subject: 
Re: Eidolon Engineering releases Spiffcraft to Public
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.space
Date: 
Mon, 18 Dec 2000 06:48:59 GMT
Viewed: 
1667 times
  
In lugnet.space, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> 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. ;-)

I beg to differ :)  The smallest monolith possible in LEGO is 1x4x9.  You just
have to orient it differently.  Make it 9 studs long, 1 stud wide, and 3 bricks
and 1 tile tall.  Then stand it on the short end.
--Bram



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Eidolon Engineering releases Spiffcraft to Public
 
(...) Yes, your math works... ;-) *However*, the "real" monolith was "immoveable, fused to the bedrock on which it rested" (or words to that effect; it's been awhile), and was perfectly smooth. The not-necessarily-the-...t-possible monolith that I (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Eidolon Engineering releases Spiffcraft to Public
 
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)

34 Messages in This Thread:












Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR