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| jcrouse:
Autocad Mechanical 6. Overkill does not exist! John |
| Sensei:
By the way, I downloaded the Sketchup program and it's great. You can create your cab and divide it into components (layers) which can be hidden if wished. Drawing 3-dimensional objects is a breeze. There hasnt been a curve, a slope, or anything that I haven't been able to create yet. (and believe me I'm no whiz at design). All the tools are like simple carpentry tools (right down to a tape measure for marking points and a compass) It provides isometric views, and you can finish it off with custom textures or bitmaps. (so if ya wanna get crazy you can add in your sideart too). I personally liked the ability to add dimensions to your drawings so that I can create easily read and followed plans. Thanks again, M3talhead. This was perfect. Oh and.... --- Quote from: jcrouse on February 06, 2006, 08:13:49 pm ---Autocad Mechanical 6. Overkill does not exist! John --- End quote --- I'd hate to see what you swat flies with John. :D |
| cabe:
After spending a couple of hours fiddling around with Sketchup I decided its worth starting small and working up. So I did. http://cabe.fatboylan.net/bitblaster/ - hopefully this will help someone (I did look at the Oscar library, and whilst technically more detailed they don't import at the correct sizes natively, next step, conversion :) ) |
| chemame:
Most of my cab is a modified version of Russ Prince's very handy layouts available on his site. I modified the base somewhat, as I found he had a large footprint, and I went impromptu on the keyboard shelf and speakers and stuff. All of these mods I was able to do easily in Corel Draw (yes, what a great drafting package... heheheh). The control panel, though, is a different story. I've just completed my 6th control panel in 3 years, prompted by the fact that I finally scraped together enough $$$ for a happcontrols trackball (yay). I finally have a repeatable process for what I consider flawless control panels. Amazingly, I also do this in Corel Draw! The horror! What I do is, I have templates that I've made with exact hole size and spacing for buttons, joysticks, trackball, etc etc. I have a 8.5 x 11 sheet full of buttons at an exact spacing (I think 1.5" on center, but YMMV) so I can cut out groups on them in any configuration and keep the spacing exact. So what I do is, I have this large roll of graph paper (1" grid), it must be for presentations because the back has post-it glu on the top and bottom. It's the perfect size for me to roll it out and stick it on my board, and lay out all of the templates precisely where I want them on the grid. I can feel it out, do some imaginary motions, see if the config all works... and if so, I just tape down the templates, take it to the garage, and drill away. The result is flawless, with everything pleasing to the eye and the hand (as all things should be). Anyway, like I said, it's what works for me, YMMV. Chemame |
| Nannuu:
Coreldraw is great. It won't do the 3D but it does a nice job for 2D layout. And you can do your artwork in the same program. |
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