Lego Fusion

[ysabetwordsmith]

Lego has introduced three toy sets which interface between physical and virtual play.  Faaaaaascinating. The idea is to build something with bricks, then transfer that into a manipulable model in cyberspace.  This has terrific potential for architects, scientists, and other folks who often transport their imagination from one layer of reality to another.  I'm sure folks will figure out some practical applications for this after fooling around with it for a little while.  In the meantime, it's awesome fun.

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Re: Print "labels" rather than bricks?

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

These are rectilinear, though there are curved quarter cone sloped and their inversions. But yes, the first piece is a concave corner, so you can build with those 45° slopes retaining pools, skate parks and other basins. Convex corners let you make full skirts and hip-rooves. Inverted convex make good column tops. Inverted concave, hensteeth (I think they have been made, but they were in some dear set and putting them on pick a brick, nada. at last check).

Rounded concave and its inversion would be SWEET. So would a 2x2 base coming to a centered 1 stud. These exist as turret and rocket tops, but as more esoteric solids? IT WOULD BE EPIC! (hmm, you may forget I was a history major. Really.)

Re: Print "labels" rather than bricks?

[dialecticdreamer]

Check out 3d printers and their associated files. You'd be amazed.

Re: Print "labels" rather than bricks?

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I went to pick a brick, and while I could find the dual slope corners, I couldn't find the concaves. Or the inverted duals.

(I'd be happy if they'd compose sets that were stocking stuffer size that gave 'rare' parts. They could round off with whatever parts so they could show models on the packaging.)

Re: Print "labels" rather than bricks?

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yeah, we had different kinds of corners and insets on the Robie House, and never did really settle on precise names for them.

Re: Print "labels" rather than bricks?

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Is there a slope that is a match to minifig height? The ones used for printed wizard robes or gown bottoms is a bit 'too tall'.