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Proper Way To Scale Cab Dimensions
NinjaEpisode:
In the interest of space, I want to scale down the dimensions on a Pacman cab that I'm going to build from scratch.
Short of taking all the measurements and reducing them by 20-25% is there a quicker way to scale down the measurements to make sure that I'm consistent?
TIA
Lilwolf:
why not just go for a mini caberet?
And search here for mini and packman... someone build an AMAZING one a while ago. Abut 3 or 4 feet high and perfect perportions
NinjaEpisode:
The cabaret would work, but I'm looking for more the feel and realism of just a "shrunk" down cab.
I think the Pac Cab you're talking about is:
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=21443 by DLO, but he says he didn't go off of any plans.
Ultimately, I'd love to have a bunch of mini's sitting in the basement that match the design of the originals, but I want to remain true to form as much as possible instead of just a bunch of caberets. For example, a mini Tempest, Centipede, DK etc....
JoyMonkey:
If you've got Illustrator, you could load Jakobud's plans in EPS format. These are scaled at 1"=8", you could work with scales, but I find scales in Illustrator to be very confusing so it's probably best to work full size.
So to blow it up full size you'd select everything and multiply it by 8 (in the Transform palette, where it says W and H, put a *8 beside each dimension).
However, if you want it scaled to 3/4 of the original size, you'd select everything and multiply by 6.
JoyMonkey:
Here is a PDF of JakoBud's PacMan side elevation scaled down to 3/4 size.