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| Generic Eric:
Arcade Cabinet Projects Designed With SketchUp Get in here, share a link to your project and any tips for Sketchup you might have. |
| SavannahLion:
My cab is/was.... After a couple of false starts, I found it easier to start designing the cab from "known" dimensions. For example, rather than try to design that ultra cool cab only to find that the monitor of choice isn't going to fit, build a "box" to the dimensions of the monitor and design the cab around it. For a lot of cabs, this isn't really necessary as there's usually plenty of space internally. But for some, such as bartops or narrow uprights, this is something to consider. This is especially true for cabs where Control Panel space is a premium even if there is plenty of space internally for the brains. Pay special attention to which side is "up" and which side is "down". The default white and gray (or blue and white... whatever). There's a difference and if you don't get it right, it'll bite you in the ass at the worst time. Remember that there are two different measurements for lumber. One is "exact" and the other is nominal. Your classic zombie smashing 2x4 board is not actually 2" by 4", but rather 1-1/2" by 3-1/2" or something along those lines. 2x4 hasn't been a true 2x4 dimension for years. On the other hand, your 3/4" MDF is pretty damn close to 3/4". This makes a difference for some. Doesn't matter one lick for others (Ond cuts his own trees and fabricates his own lumber ;) ) Take advantage of Sketchups group or model feature to divide your cab into realistic cuts. There's been a few times I designed what I thought was a really cool cab but realized I couldn't cut it correctly using the tools available to me. |
| eds1275:
I'm tempted to do a video start to finish of drawing a cabinet in sketchup... maybe I'll make some time over the weekend. I just drew up like 12 of them in blender the other day for the background in Wheeball, too bad this wasn't posted last week - timing is everything!!! |
| keilmillerjr:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on September 30, 2014, 07:14:16 pm ---I'm tempted to do a video start to finish of drawing a cabinet in sketchup... maybe I'll make some time over the weekend. I just drew up like 12 of them in blender the other day for the background in Wheeball, too bad this wasn't posted last week - timing is everything!!! --- End quote --- Please do! I started making my cab in sketchup. I was going to do a little bit more work, and then maybe hire some one to finish it if I had to. A walk through would be so helpful! How does blender compare to sketchup? |
| eds1275:
I used blender for like a year, and then one day I was like "OHHHHHHHHH NOW I GET IT!" Blender is the most confusing software I have ever used, but a large part of that is the number of major changes the software has been through combined with all the outdated tutorials available. The only reason I ever got into it was because the models in blender are not suited for video games, and I have re-kindled my interest in making them. At first I was using blender models but then the poly counts were getting to astronomical levels when they really shouldn't have. You can do some really nice renders in blender though, so if you wanted to for example make a model in Sketchup you can export that to blender and have it rendered out to something pretty, for example my living room sans artwork or furniture: |
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