LEGO bricks might look simplistic, but did you know there’s an actual science behind their sizes? Enter LDUs — LEGO Draw Units — the minuscule measurement standard that allows those tiny interlocking pieces to fit together seamlessly. In a recent video [Brick Sculpt] breaks down this fascinating topic.
So, what is an LDU precisely? It’s the smallest incremental size used to define LEGO’s dimensions. For context, a standard LEGO brick is 20 LDUs wide, and a single plate is 8 LDUs tall. Intriguingly, through clever combinations of headlight bricks, jumper plates, and even rare Minifig neck brackets, builders can achieve offsets as tiny as 1 LDU! That’s the secret sauce behind those impossibly detailed LEGO creations.
We already knew that LEGO is far more than a toy, but this solidifies that theory. It’s a means of constructing for anyone with an open mind – on its own scale. The video below explains in detail how to achieve every dimension possible. If that inspires you to build anything, dive into these articles and see if you can build upon this discovery!
Lego Drawing Unit and not Lego Dimensional Unit?
Yes, Lego Draw Unit. The terms comes from a Lego CAD program called LDraw, as the smallest unit that needed to be drawn.
Yeah, nice title. You know Lego Dimensions is a videogame?
I came here expecting something to do with the Dimensions portal.
same xD
That’s a lot of effort to make a video while evading the fact that an LDU is o.4 mm.
I thought this was about the game 🫤
@Gary said: “I thought this was about the game”
[1] LDraw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDraw
[2] LDraw.org
https://ldraw.org/
https://forums.ldraw.org/
There is a game called Lego Dimensions that included hardware accessories and Amiibo-like characters you could build. That’s definitely something that could be interesting on a HaD article and it’s also the reason I came here.
LDraw is a CAD tool, not a game.
I’ve heard that on some Lego forums misbehaving posters are “blocked”
To make the joke even worse some yell, “For the love of God, Montresor!”
From the bad pun to the semi-obscure literary reference,
Happy New Year!
A joke so,bad it almost “bricked” my tablet!