chapter 1 summary

Well this chapter is basically talking about proportions of the blocks and how to measure certain blocks. The cubes are looked at studs up and that is the orientation. There are basically three dimensions to the cubes the height being the from bottom to top, the width the shorter of the two proportions and the length being the longer of the two proportions. the ration for the height and the vertical measurement is 6:5 and if 4 cubes are put together the area would be 600. this chapter also talks about the Pythagorean theorem. this theorem states that the base A squared added by the height B squared equals the hypotenuse C squared. so say you have a=3 b=4 and c=4 this will not work because 3 squared plus 4 squared equals 25 and 4 squared equals 16. This chapter also talks about stud less beams which were invented by LEGO to reach and older audience. It also talks about how to use the stud less blocks to make a structure strong and light and the way to do that is to make a chassis which is basically a small beam that holds the corners together.