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Title: Software for designing control panels
Post by: codenamed on August 02, 2008, 03:23:51 pm

I was told by a user on klov.com that there is software for designing Control panels. Anyone know if this is true and have a link?

Title: Re: Software for designing control panels
Post by: Paulson on August 02, 2008, 11:27:18 pm

 Well theres this from Ultimarc: http://www.ultimarc.com/download.html
 

Title: Re: Software for designing control panels
Post by: shmokes on August 03, 2008, 12:38:23 am

And there's Microsoft Visio.  Users have made stencils for just about every control ever made which can be downloaded and then drag/dropped onto your page.  I printed out my visio drawings, taped them to my control panel and voila.  Made all my marks from that and drilled away.

Title: Re: Software for designing control panels
Post by: Encryptor on August 03, 2008, 08:44:19 am

Here is one from mameroom.com that is pretty good.

http://www.mameroom.com/files/mameroomcpd.zip


Encryptor

Title: Re: Software for designing control panels
Post by: facesmiths on August 04, 2008, 05:45:35 am

wow and I just used a micrometer to measure out my controls and then used coreldraw.

Title: Re: Software for designing control panels
Post by: scotthh on August 04, 2008, 08:49:16 pm

CP Sketcher? (http://www.tahnokgames.com/Applications/CPSketcher/applications_cpsketcher.htm)

Title: Re: Software for designing control panels
Post by: GAtekwriter on August 06, 2008, 05:21:12 pm

I wrote a brief tutorial on using Inkscape to create your own CP template and overlay:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=82525.0

Title: Re: Software for designing control panels
Post by: kayoteq on August 08, 2008, 12:49:24 am

My approach is a bit reversed, different problem;

 instead of blank, I'm having to adapt two panels that have been imprecisely drilled for a conversion.

That won't quite work with the programs that are expecting straight lines, so I use Illustrator/photoshop.


I empty the panel, take as straight-on a picture as possible..
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/kayoteq/arcade/galctrl.jpg)
In my case, I got the appropriate art file for my game from localarcade.. so I have at least some holes to scale to and match positions.
Then I make some elements that match the holes, remove the photograph,
Then design around the existing holes,  fill in the extra holes once I get a design that works well. Helps  a bit to  work from the same
template as your original panel.. which isn't always the case.