Oh, I was wishing I'd see your stream today. I've been busy re-learning the CAD tricks. I haven't used a CAD in ages so I'm a bit rusty now. I have been creating different sorts of basic designs for the arcade cabinet.
My first one was a disaster as I wanted to make a lot of rounded shapes, now I'm feeling like I'll just keep to a tried and tested form.
The first thing I needed to do was think about the ergonomics of it. My height is 179 cm, so I am thinking that I should use that as a reference height, to place the screen and the controls at an appropriate level. Since the viewing angle should be 15° I'm thinking that placing the screen deeper into the cabinet should help with people of different heights playing. I wonder if the controls should be of adjustable height or not. I've settled at 105cm for my personal preference.
Do you have any ideas I could employ?
Here's the very first quick free-hand mock up sketch I did after Miro asked what I was doing on my computer in CAD:
Click this if pic not visible. (it's on ipfs, I don't understand how I can't get it seen on my browser.)
The first attempts in cad were a bit like this:
I'll update you with some other shots when my drawings get better.
See ya!
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