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Old 02-27-2008, 09:06 PM
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From an engineering point of view, what is wrong with the crazy crate?

I am doing an Engineering graphics course through correspondence. The following question is a discussion piece for my class. I have already completed it, but I am wondering what others would say about it.

Here is a drawing of a wooden crate. However, there is no way to actually construct this crate out of wood (as shown). Please explain from a Graphical Engineering point of view why it cannot be constructed. What's wrong with this drawing?


The crate being refered to is the Crazy Crate optical illusion which is locate here: http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/blopil18.htm
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