Brick scale and size converter
Turn studs into millimetres and inches, or work out how wide a real thing is in studs at the scale you choose.
Studs to size
Millimetres-
Centimetres-
Inches-
As bricks tall-
Real object to studs
Model length-
In studs (rounded)-
Or as bricks tall-
Estimate only. It uses 8 mm per stud and 9.6 mm per brick height. Rounding to whole studs shifts the true scale a little, most of all on small models.
Handy numbers
| Measure | Standard size |
|---|---|
| Stud spacing | 8.0 mm |
| Brick height | 9.6 mm |
| Plate height | 3.2 mm (three to a brick) |
| Stud diameter | 4.8 mm |
Our printable parts are made at the fit you pick on the download page, so do not scale them to change the model size. Change the number of bricks instead, and use the parts calculator to see how many that takes.
Printed bricks are not toys: small parts, a choking hazard, not for children under 3.