Take a Guess?

[1974]

You shouldn't drink and drive ya know

[DrJB]

Actually it's "M" or "m" which stands for module (the distance between the centre of two studs), although "L" is often used as well and means the same thing.

Interesting ... Isn't L for lego and M for ModuleX ?

Edited October 30, 2013 by DrJB

[allanp]

You shouldn't drink and drive ya know

:laugh:

Interesting ... Isn't L for lego and M for ModuleX ?

Isn't L for anything beginning with L!

[Lego Otaku]

Always thought that L stood for Luigi and M for Mario.

[1974]

L is just a generic length, meaning one stud, no? Can't say I've seen the M. Got an example Allan? cm is also used when cutting pneumatic tubes

[DrJB]

Not to go way off-topic ... but a Lego Trivia game is in order here ...

1. L vs. M

2. SNOT vs. MOC

3. Studded vs. Not

4. AFOL vs. AwFOL

5. Jim vs. Ted

6. PF vs. 9V

7. LDD vs. LXF

8. ...

Edited October 31, 2013 by DrJB

[Kronos]

Not to go way off-topic ... but a Lego Trivia game is in order here ...

1. L vs. M

2. SNOT vs. MOC

3. Studded vs. Not

4. AFOL vs. AwFOL

5. Jim vs. Ted

6. PF vs. 9V

7. LDD vs. LXF

8. ...

Ha Ha! I love it!

[Front]

Internally we use the name module, or in Danish "modul", for the basic distance in the BRICKS and TECHNIC system. This is shown as a parameter "m" in e.g. our CAD parts. TECHNIC is the supperior of the two systems, at least in the sense that it is a 3D system where the module is the same in the x, y and z direction.

The supplier of the CAD software we use at LEGO (NX Unigraphics, owned by SIEMENS), even though it's more than 30 years old and American, has come out of the box set up with metric units for the last ten years. In many CAD softwares it's a nightmare to mix parts of different units.

Erland

Part Design

[Junpei]

The lego education website sells parts with lengths denoted in 'm', e.g. an 8M crossaxle.

[DrJB]

Bricklink calls it a 16L flex axle ...

[Junpei]

I know, the L is the unofficial term for it. The M is used by official lego sites, like S@H, Lego Education, etc.

This topic is about figuring out what a custom part is....

[1974]

Thanks Erland

DrJB, you forgot AHOL : Adults Haters Of LEGO (<-- quite funny that is, tribute goes to a poster on BS)

Cheers,

Ole

[Jim]

5. Jim vs. Ted

Haven't seen Ted in a while. Kinda miss him. This new guy Jim is all about forum rules and stuff