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Title: Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: alank2 on December 12, 2003, 03:11:43 pm: Hi everyone,

Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???

I'm planning on using 6 buttons in a 3 wide x 2 tall configuration.

At 1.5" between holes, this leaves about 3/16" space between buttons.

If I went to 1.75, this would then leave 7/16" space between buttons.

Is there a standard?

What was used on cabs that had this layout (like streetfighter?)

Thanks,

Alan
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: Sephroth57 on December 12, 2003, 03:21:44 pm: here is a link to Snakes webpage I hope he doesnt mind
http://www.freewebs.com/snaaake/M2.htm

on the bottom of that page he has a pic of his CP layout with schematics and spacing, if you like his CP layout you should try that
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: TalkingOctopus on December 12, 2003, 04:14:27 pm: I have the standard capcom fighter layout posted on my website as well as the template I used for my cp.

http://webpages.charter.net/rbecker5/files.html (http://webpages.charter.net/rbecker5/files.html)
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: Tiger-Heli on December 12, 2003, 04:33:17 pm: Quote from: TalkingOctopus on December 12, 2003, 04:14:27 pm
I have the standard capcom fighter layout posted on my website as well as the template I used for my cp.

http://webpages.charter.net/rbecker5/files.html (http://webpages.charter.net/rbecker5/files.html)

See:

http://www.fraggersxtreme.com/arcadepanels/faq.htm#What is the minimum button spacing that I can use? (http://www.fraggersxtreme.com/arcadepanels/faq.htm#What is the minimum button spacing that I can use?)

I plan to use 1.5 between the button centers and 3 inches between the joystick center and the center of the first button, which is what talking octopus has on his template.

Someone should sticky this also, gets asked a lot.
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 13, 2003, 01:23:41 pm: This one is so pefect.I highly recomended :)

(http://axelb.free.fr/caj/images/dispo00.jpg)
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: Dartful Dodger on December 15, 2003, 02:23:49 pm: Quote from: SNAAAKE on December 13, 2003, 01:23:41 pm
This one is so pefect.I highly recomended :)

(http://axelb.free.fr/caj/images/dispo00.jpg)

The metric system! That's not perfect at all.

;D
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: Sephroth57 on December 15, 2003, 02:32:03 pm: metric rocks! i used to hate it but when i started getting into cars all i work on now is imports so i like mm instead of 5/16 and all that crap
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: Tiger-Heli on December 15, 2003, 02:41:58 pm: Quote from: Dartful Dodger link=board=1;threadid=
The metric system! That's not perfect at all.
;D
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Actually, if you do the math, SNAAAKE's dimensions are less than a tenth of an inch different from mine and Octupus's (Octopi's ??).
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: Wienerdog on December 15, 2003, 04:03:41 pm: Does anyone have a good Neo template? That's the one with the curved buttons, right?

I'm looking for a good template to blow up to test out on a CP. Here is one image I tracked down from another thread, but it wasn't a final...

Original Thread: (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=14067;start=msg109922#msg109922)
(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/Layout_Question.jpg)
Title: Re:Is there a standard distance betwen buttons in a CP ???
Post by: BillyJack on December 18, 2003, 09:44:17 am: I sure wish i knew the values for A through D however. It's a nice design, but doesn't have all the answers, does it? Am I looking at that pic wrong?

BillyJack