Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum

Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: hulkster on July 30, 2004, 07:24:48 pm

Title: best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: hulkster on July 30, 2004, 07:24:48 pm: i didnt know what forum to put this in, so mods, sorry if its in the wrong one. anyway, ive made my measurements on the showcase cab and am ready to distribute them...only problem is, i dont know the best way to do it. i dont have photoshop or anything like that...all i have is paint. i was going to take the pictures of each piece and then draw the measurements on them, but it looks like crap. so i need help. i want them to be easy to decipher....what do most people do?
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: SirPoonga on July 30, 2004, 08:20:48 pm: Well, the best thing to do is use some cas program. There are other alternatives that have been discussed ont hese forums.

The best way to distribute, over the net, is put the documents in a pdf file. Or if you happen to use autocad post the autocad file. I think there is a free viewer for autocad files on autocad's website, not sure though.
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: hulkster on July 30, 2004, 09:01:58 pm: okay, so this autocad thing is a program which i can draw my dimensions and stuff?
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: ras2a on July 30, 2004, 09:05:02 pm: http://www.bravaviewer.com/freeautocad.htm

or possibly:

http://www.infograph.com/products/dwgviewer/

Autodesk did do their own software (Volo View Express) for viewing and markup purposes but this has been discontinued methinks

Craig
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: ras2a on July 30, 2004, 09:44:30 pm: Quote from: hulkster on July 30, 2004, 09:01:58 pm
okay, so this autocad thing is a program which i can draw my dimensions and stuff?

it certainly is. It's a drafting tool. But it's pretty expensive unless you know a friend who will let you 'use' thier copy...

Craig
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: mahuti on July 30, 2004, 10:19:18 pm: You can use Adobe Illustrator. You can download the trial, which is usable for 30 days.

There is also a tutorial on how to use it here (http://localarcade.com/arcade_art/details.php?image_id=223)

It will probably suit your purposes very well. You can easily draw strait lines & boxes with it, and put type (ie. measurements) on it easily as well.

You can then save out to a variety of formats.
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: SirPoonga on July 31, 2004, 12:28:50 am: In the other thread I linked to qcad and freecad (from sourceforge).
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: ras2a on July 31, 2004, 04:40:04 am: Thanks for the link mahuti. Superb tutorial by frostillicus
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: hulkster on July 31, 2004, 11:05:33 am: eh.....maybe im just lazy but i dont really want to learn a program im only going to use for like 15 minutes. i may just end up doing it in paint or something, unless somebody wants to draw this for me. i already have the pictures you can go by, and the measurements so it would just be me telling what section is what. just a thought.
Title: Re:best way to draw up plans and distribute them?
Post by: DrewKaree on July 31, 2004, 04:29:39 pm: Hulkster, i already PM'd you, dunno which you'll read first. I'm willing and able to do this for you.