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Title: Starting my new arcade (need help to find plans)
Post by: ranx74 on June 13, 2017, 04:55:07 pm

Hello everyone,
I have already built three arcade cabinet (one bartop and one full-height, two based on a raspberry pi3 and one with maximus arcade)... I will post some pictures later to have your feedback :)
Now I would like to start a new one based on a rendering I've found online, this one:

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d5/0f/e2/d50fe20bda14c4f70830efe9cb7bd386.jpg)

I have some skills of woodworking, software installation, electronics cabling, but... I am very poor on design and I am not able to design a plan version of this to build my panels list and start working.
Is there someone that already worked on something similar?
Thank you very much for your help!

Title: Re: Starting my new arcade (need help to find plans)
Post by: Rumblebelly5 on June 13, 2017, 06:41:41 pm

I suggest getting SketchUp. great for mocking these things up and helping you build reference points to get angles right.

Title: Re: Starting my new arcade (need help to find plans)
Post by: jbl77 on June 21, 2017, 02:26:51 am

Another thing one can do (which I did) was register for a free education license for AutoCAD.
https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/all (https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/all)

Interestingly enough....I was able to wrap my head around AutoCAD a lot easier.