#Allow us to adjust edge thickness to make "hollow" angled and curved bricks

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delicate flax
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Not sure what to call them but it would be great to have hollow angled and curved bricks that were essentially just shells of their shape.
For example, currently making curved solid roadlines is an incredibly painstaking process involving tons of angled bricks and having to piece it all together to get an approximate curve. With a curved brick we would be able to drop it in, resize it, adjust the thickness, and have it fit properly.
Angled versions could be used similarly (and would cut down on having to use tons of thin microbricks to get thin lines).

Both could also be used to make cockpits (especially lego cockpit recreations) and windshields.

It would also be handy to essentially have all angles that correspond to existing microbrick angles. And in writing this, I realize this could essentially be an additional option for existing microbricks that just allows us to change the thickness of the angle. I included two screenshots showing some scaled up microbricks and how they would look if we could adjust the angle (pretend the green is not actually there lol)

The biggest issue with this is now bricks would need to store their thickness (if the brick type supported that), and the resizer would need some way to adjust the thickness in 2 directions.
Overall though I think this both open up new custom brick shapes that didn't look bad due to microbrick spam, and would also just make things like lines, smaller details, and windshields/complex windows easier and more pleasant looking.

woeful maple
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i think just calling them shell versions of their solid counterparts like "1x1 shell round microbrick" or "sloped shell" would work

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since their function, as you said, would usually to serve as shells, ocasionally for other detailing for builders, ect.