Lego angle technique

In set 31036, Toy & Grocery shop, a door is placed at an angle (see step 23 in the instructions for the primary model). How did they make the angle? It's not a 3-4-5 triangle. In Step A we see that a 2x4 can be placed on a grid of studs in two ways. This is because the two diagonals between the corner studs are of equal length. Spacers (1x1 plates/round plates) are usually necessary to mount a plate in the second fashion. In Step B we can see that a 2x4 can again be placed on a grid of studs…

When I watched one of Nick Trotta's awesome videos I noticed that he created a buildable slope like this. It seems to align very well in his video, but not in Bricksmith. I didn't know about this relation, but like it. Seems like an efficient way to create a good looking angle. Technique details on Swooshable.

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You might remember your high school science teacher preaching the usefulness of the Pythagorean theorem? Well, in this post we put these triangles to use through techniques that allow you to break free from the square grid of a baseplate and lay strong angled foundations for your builds!This post features 5 techniques commonly used to build angled elements in official LEGO sets or in MOCs. Each of them has at least two anchored studs, making them stable, and are considered to be “legal”…

Today we'll be looking at the piece 43710 Wedge 4 x 2 Triple Left (three surfaces) circled in the picture. The piece is super useful, but only at certain scales, as you can see from the picture that when multiple are using, the edges are not defined and the build doesn't look great: it could be better.To try and make a better version tried using one 1x4 swivel hinge and two 1x2 hinge brick, to position a 3x6 wedge plate and emit the exact angles of the original piece. The edges line up well…

Thanks to TJohn12 for the idea to place buildings at angles and sunk slightly into the landscape. This is still a bit of a WIP, and I will probably keep working on the building itself.

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