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| mgb:
I second Gozers sketchups of real arcade cabs. I'm not sure if they're 100% completely accurate but they're definitely close enough |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: mgb on January 15, 2014, 12:00:44 am ---I'm not sure if they're 100% completely accurate but they're definitely close enough --- End quote --- Gozer mentions that, "Generally, most measures have been rounded to the nearest half inch" Scott |
| DarakuTenshi:
I figured using Sketchup was the only way possible for me to get my measurements accurate enough to do my build. |
| kahlid74:
I love sketchup. I use it for arcade machines and designing 3D parts. One thing about sketchup however is that it was coded as an architectural program so anything smaller than 1/16" isn't completely accurate. Not really a big deal for arcade machines but for 3D printing it can be a nightmare. |
| michelevit:
You can change the units in preferences to allow for higher precision. Faces aren't created for when something drawn is less than 1/16. A simple work around is to scale up the model by a factor of 100 or 1000. Again this problem is for 3d printing - something sketchup wasn't created for. For cabinet woodworking I work in inches with increments set at 1/8 of an inch. For finer woodworking I work in inches with increments set at 1/16 or 1/32. Sketchup is an awesome tool and recommend anyone to spend some time to learn it. I use it to prebuild comissioned cabs for client approval. |
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