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| Bluepoint:
I have a Dynamo HS-27 cabinet (http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=4911&image=2) and I'm wondering how one goes about getting exact measurements for something this awkward... (Can't seem to find any measurements online anywhere.) I want to get it perfect so I can dimension all the artwork I'm making properly. That means all the curved corners and everything. So far all I can think to do is lay the thing on it's side and outline it on a large piece of cardboard... or scan the whole thing in bit by bit with a scanner and a laptop. Both ideas seem rather cumbersome. I keep thinking there's some math-type-protractor trick to doing this that I was taught in high school and now have completely forgotten. Anyone else here dealt with this kind of thing? |
| Bobulus:
Well, the way I'd do it is mentally divide it into simple shapes and measure those. So like a rectangle next to a couple triangles and so forth. It's not like you're going to cover the whole side anyway, right? |
| bkenobi:
The way the manufacturers did it was to either leave some gap around the edges (around 1/4" to 1/2") or to make the artwork larger than needed and have the installer do a little trimming. I wouldn't cover the whole thing personally, but if you do...I'd probably oversize the artwork a bit and trim during install. |
| SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on November 21, 2009, 01:40:32 am ---The way the manufacturers did it was to either leave some gap around the edges (around 1/4" to 1/2") or to make the artwork larger than needed and have the installer do a little trimming. I wouldn't cover the whole thing personally, but if you do...I'd probably oversize the artwork a bit and trim during install. --- End quote --- +1 on the oversize bit. If you intend to cover the whole thing, the correct way to do it is to go big then trim down the art. Let's say you're doing a space scene, you place all the points of interest towards the center (or the area you know the cab to exist) then as you go outwards, let the starfield continue out or the spaceship run an extra two inches or so beyond where you think the edge is. That extra size also lets you fine tune the position and rotate the pattern a tiny bit if you need to. I used to do something similar and it was a royal PITA if I didn't have that extra 1" or so beyond the panel. |
| Bluepoint:
I was actually planning to cover the entire side of the cabinet... I have space around the edges of the image for about 1 inch of slack either way. But following the edges of the cabinet. Not unlike the Atari Quantum side art (http://www.klov.com/images/11/118124215524.jpg) But I'd still love to get the exact measurements. I'm sure I'll go through all the trouble to get perfect measurements, print up the art -- then mess up when I'm applying it. ;D |
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