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John Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote in article
<Fny61s.IsG@lugnet.com>...
> What you are talking about has previously been called 'LEGO Design • Cliches'
> by Fred Martin. Fred has written a paper called The Art of LEGO Design
> which features some of these cliches and is well worth the read. You can
> find it linked in .pdf form at this page:
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> http://fredm.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/
For those without Adobe Acrobat installed, the article is also available in
HTML at the following URL:
http://www.execulink.com/~apotome/artoflego1.htm
Although the quality of the pictures isn't as good as the .pdf file, it's
handy for a quick read.
> In the paper Fred mentions this page:
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> http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/Projects/constructopedia/
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> which would be similar to your repository idea. I haven't seen a full
> fledged 'constuctopedia' (except for LEGO MindStorms),
Although I don't have any further information, it's my understanding that
the constructopedia is still in the works.... it is apparently a very large
project.
Regards,
Allan
--
Expert Builder Website - The Megaproject Showcase
http://www.execulink.com/~apotome/expert.htm
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| Ever since I read Fred's article, I've had thoughts in the back of my head about this sort of thing. I would love to see this done and/or be involved in doing it. If only there were time.... <sigh> - Greg (...) G. Crisp - gcrisp@mindspring.com (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| What you are talking about has previously been called 'LEGO Design Cliches' by Fred Martin. Fred has written a paper called The Art of LEGO Design which features some of these cliches and is well worth the read. You can find it linked in .pdf form (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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