OGEL Designs for Competition

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THIS IS A NEW DESIGN MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THIS COMPETITION. These have all been printed, measured, and fit-checked against the other pieces.   UPDATE - - 30 Oct 2019 Added 17x17 baseplate. Can be juxtapositioned to make larger sizes. The complete set now contains 34 unique items.   UPDATE - - 22 Oct 2019 OGEL EDOBA Added 4 types and sizes of arches and corresponding lintels. The complete set now contains 33 items - the original 25 plus these 8 more. Renamed the objects to "OGLE EBODA" because the things I have been making, in a light brown color, are seeming to resemble the famous Southwestern desert sand building materials.   ORIGINAL - - 8 Oct 2019 OGELs Initial set of bricks and blocks for MiniFactory #BeyondTheBrick competition. Used the name "OGEL" as a suggestion from their descriptive materials, in honor of making a substitute for the ubiquitous toy. Textured walls. Tall rounded connectors. Sculpted corners. Holes for reinforcement/rods. Holes for flags or peg-legged pirates or such like. This set currently comprises 25 different items. I may add more especially if readers/likers request them. 6 items: Basic construction units in 3 different sizes, using the standard 1:2 ratio and their 1:1 half pieces: 10x20mm, 20x40mm, and 20x40mm tall. 5 items: Odd size pieces of various sorts. Typically extra-long. 6 items: 45deg angle pieces in the 3 sizes and left and right configurations. 8 items: Decorative flat-top caps for tops of walls, in sizes to cover any of the above. All designed with Tinkercad and its native tools. No libraries, remixes, or other complexities. Hoped thus to make things simple and foolproof. PHILOSOPHY: One could invent a new construction method using hoops, loops, sticks, beads, or whatever. But experience has shown that there is nothing more universal than blocks and rectanguloids of various sorts. My entry seeks to push that envelope. Yes, these are just more "bricks" but they are better and sturdier in many ways. They would be relatively difficult to mass product, but are easy for filament printers. Thus we can have a super public-domain toy we can use freely. Lose some or beak one? Print more. Trying to build something just a little bigger than a "standard set" can handle? Print some more.