{
 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets: CC BY 4.0. Standard and published-size files: CC BY 4.0. Xem Studio's own designs (files_license = Xem Studio Design License): free to use and sell things from, not to redistribute as files — https://xemstudio.com/license/. Other publishers' files: their own license, linked beside them.",
 "slug": "lego-1x1-plate",
 "name": "LEGO 1×1 plate (3.2 mm)",
 "kind": "modern",
 "category": "Everyday objects",
 "group": "Building bricks",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What are the dimensions of the LEGO 1×1 plate?",
 "tags": [
  "building bricks"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "lego plate height",
  "lego plate dimensions",
  "lego plate 3.2mm",
  "lego tile thickness",
  "lego baseplate grid",
  "lego plate size mm",
  "lego compatible plate print",
  "placa lego medidas",
  "LEGO Platte Höhe"
 ],
 "overall_mm": {
  "length": 8,
  "width": 8,
  "height": 3.2
 },
 "official_cad": false,
 "xem_status": "not-scanned",
 "les": false,
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 "url": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/lego-1x1-plate/",
 "sheet_txt": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/lego-1x1-plate/sheet.txt",
 "sheet": {
  "basis": "Secondary source: Brighton Toy and Model Museum (copy of the maker's figures; the maker publishes none directly)",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": 8,
   "width": 8,
   "height": 3.2
  },
  "notes": [
   "A LEGO plate is one third of a brick: 3.2 mm tall on the 8 mm grid.",
   "No CAD file: the maker publishes only overall sizes, and a plain box or cylinder is not useful design geometry. The table is the published data; parts with real geometry have their own pages.",
   "Secondary source: the numbers come from a retailer or magazine copy of the maker's specification."
  ],
  "table": {
   "columns": [
    "dimension",
    "value"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "Grid (stud pitch)",
     "8 mm"
    ],
    [
     "Plate body height",
     "3.2 mm"
    ],
    [
     "Stud height",
     "1.6 mm"
    ],
    [
     "Stud diameter",
     "4.8 mm nominal"
    ]
   ]
  }
 },
 "sheet_text": "LEGO 1×1 plate (3.2 mm) — dimension sheet\nSource: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/lego-1x1-plate/  (sheet CC BY 4.0)\nBasis: Secondary source: Brighton Toy and Model Museum (copy of the maker's figures; the maker publishes none directly)\nCatalog version: 2026-10-20\n\nOverall (mm): length 8.0, width 8.0, height 3.2\n- A LEGO plate is one third of a brick: 3.2 mm tall on the 8 mm grid.\n- No CAD file: the maker publishes only overall sizes, and a plain box or cylinder is not useful design geometry. The table is the published data; parts with real geometry have their own pages.\n- Secondary source: the numbers come from a retailer or magazine copy of the maker's specification.\n\ndimension  value\nGrid (stud pitch)  8 mm\nPlate body height  3.2 mm\nStud height  1.6 mm\nStud diameter  4.8 mm nominal\n\nFiles elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):\n- Brighton Toy and Model Museum: Lego dimensions — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Lego_dimensions\n\nNo true-size file yet: the published figures do not fix the whole shape; a measured scan is planned.\nAPI: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=lego-1x1-plate\n",
 "sources": [
  {
   "publisher": "Brighton Toy and Model Museum",
   "title": "Lego dimensions",
   "url": "https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Lego_dimensions",
   "formats": [
    "web"
   ],
   "license": "Publisher's page; dimensions are facts",
   "license_verified": true,
   "hosted": false
  }
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  "mesh_price_usd": null,
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  "tolerance_mm": null
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 "related": [
  "lego-1x1-brick-grid"
 ],
 "fits": [],
 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no printing tolerance)",
 "dimension_rule": "All geometry on Xem Studio is exact (nominal, true size) with no printing tolerance. Where a part meets another part, the object lists its mating features (feature, exact size, what it mates with, fit class: press, slide, run, socket, clamp or designed). Apply your process's allowance to those features only; 'designed' gaps are part of the design and stay as drawn.",
 "mating": [],
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How thick is a LEGO plate?",
   "a": "3.2 mm without the stud."
  }
 ],
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 "offers": [],
 "markdown": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/lego-1x1-plate/index.md"
}