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Title: I need a way to layout my control panel, and some help
Post by: IceCold on April 27, 2003, 03:18:09 pm

Okay, I have some wood and plexi glass cut for my control panel.  I have 2 Happs Super Joysticks, plenty of buttons, etc.  I need a program or some way to lay out my control panel.  I would like to be able to just print it out, put it on the wood & plexi, and know right where to drill.  I want 2 street fighter configurations.  How far apart should the buttons be, the joystick be from the buttons, etc.?  I've heard people suggest Visio, but I don't have it, and don't want to buy it just for this.  I also downloaded the Visio stencils for arcade buttons and joysticks, but I can't use them(don't have Visio  :( )

Thank you for any help you can provide!  :)

Title: Re:I need a way to layout my control panel, and some help
Post by: s8n on April 27, 2003, 03:21:32 pm

LuSiD has some decent button layouts, JS and 6 buttons. SF style, i used these on my CP and i dont see a problem, the plans are also very easy to edit and print to scale.

http://home.earthlink.net/~seanhat/arcade/CPtemplates.zip

Title: Re:I need a way to layout my control panel, and some help
Post by: IceCold on April 27, 2003, 03:34:41 pm

Quote from: s8n on April 27, 2003, 03:21:32 pm

LuSiD has some decent button layouts, JS and 6 buttons. SF style, i used these on my CP and i dont see a problem, the plans are also very easy to edit and print to scale.

http://home.earthlink.net/~seanhat/arcade/CPtemplates.zip

Thank you!!!!!!  That's exactly what I was looking for!  Now I think I'm ready to start drilling soon  :)

Title: Re:I need a way to layout my control panel, and some help
Post by: Auntie MAME on April 27, 2003, 10:14:22 pm

I printed a fullsize layout of an X-arcade CP, which I used as a template.  Worked like a charm.