Parametrized Lego Bricks
Description
Of course it does not snap in place as nicely as original lego bricks but it should be good enough to create the custom lego piece you always wanted.
Instructions
To generate other sizes our under development and undocumented MetaCADEvaluator plugin is needed. This is part of the development version of CSGEvaluator for Art of Illusion: objects.reprap.org/wiki/Builders/Metalab/AoI_CSG_Evaluator
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ABS Plastic... It's the same stuff Lego bricks are made of!
Hi - you could always make one, and then make a silicone mold from it and replicate more with a different material. Check out the Compleat Sculptor because they have a lot of different mold and casting supplies that you can get.
i sound like a geek but my sisters bf works some ware and the got a 3d printer doo eny of u know were the files r for a halo pelican
one of the first things I've tried to print recently, as you can see on my picture, I need to reconfigure my printer somehow.. :)
I wonder if it'd be possible to make some sort of open-source Mindstorm using printed Lego-compatible parts and, say, Arduinos.
these custom lego blocks, and NXT could be very synergistic. the basic blocks you've got are nice, but they could be far bigger, more complex and do amazing things to integrate legos to higher functionality.. lego robots now can easily solve the rubiks cube.. extending them with these concept would be really creative for the thousands of lego robotics builders out there..
thanks and i hope people spread the word..
When I close my eyes I have fantasies of building a RepRap/Makerbot body from printable parts like these.
These are super neat, I loved legos as a kid. I can see using these to provide custom shapes as well as adapters between lego and other building kits or materials. Lego to Lincoln Logs, Lego to fabric!
Re: the loose fit. Maybe a different design would work better with printed blocks, something that's more forgiving of the print resolution and tolerances.
Anyway, good work!
This is really cool, making things that you can make other things is always cool.
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do you print it with or without support? do you have to use abs with water soluble plastic and dual extrusion? or just regular abs single extruder? does it fit together with regular legos or does it only fit together with makerbotted legos? do you print them upside down, rightside up, or sideways? thanks.
I never used support, when printed like in the stl (nobs on the top) it works without support because with ABS you can bridge. It should fit together with normal lego (thats the idea!)