Google SketchUp

indyskyz · 2 Jun 2009 at 21:02

Hey Guys

I found SketchUp yesterday and set about having some fun. Its the first time i have used anything like this
so i made a pc case its not great and i couldnt for the life of me get things to line up as i wanted them too (any tips?) but it was a first try

anyone else done somthing similar i thought it would be a good place to post your sketchup cases

Jk

EDIT: i do know this sucks hard lol

geuben · 2 Jun 2009 at 21:03

That would be one big case!

As for sketchup itself, it can be frustrating. Keep using it and it will get a bit better.

indyskyz · 2 Jun 2009 at 21:09

geuben said:
That would be one big case!

yeah haha i only really noticed when i downloaded the mobo tray

mattfinch · 2 Jun 2009 at 22:22

Nice design, but my recollection of sketchup was it was a bit primitive, with too much emphasis on usability. Yeah, it's simple, but it doesn't offer the more advanced features that other CAD packages too.

Guardsmon · 3 Jun 2009 at 12:53

Just downloaded and had a go with google sketch up... after 90minutes, I can see it being a good starting point for beginners, but it seems a little limited... I've managed to draw the base layout of a case, but not much further. I can't get the curve tool to work either. The tutorial is pretty bad.

Indyskyz - to save space in that case you could stack the hard drives above each other and shorten it a little. I like the idea, but way way too big.

Steeps · 3 Jun 2009 at 13:10

Have to agree with the size of it, stack the hddisks above the psu then mount the pump/res onto the sidewall of the case

EpicCarnage · 3 Jun 2009 at 16:26

google sketchup sucks maya owns

JonJ678 · 3 Jun 2009 at 16:36

maya sucks ugnx owns

Can't get anywhere with google sketchup, it's just too frustrating. Thankfully I have several programs supplied by my course. Nice design mate, though it is enormous

kerrgreg · 3 Jun 2009 at 18:29

Im sure you could get a 120.4 in there

looks good though

indyskyz · 3 Jun 2009 at 18:53

lol thanks for the comments i might have a rejig of my original concept at some point and get it to a normal size haha

i too find SketchUp frustrating. getting used to how it works now though. and have been working on a SSF case for an itx board

JonJ678 · 3 Jun 2009 at 20:18

Mini itx for the win. I ended up going with micro atx, as it was just easier, but here's a thread where I was doing the preliminary designs for a mini itx case
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18007171
Might have some useful ideas in it

PhillyDee · 3 Jun 2009 at 20:36

Do you REALLY need that much cooling . . . Or are you using it as a home air re-circulation syste,

?

JonJ678 said:
maya sucks ugnx owns

Can't get anywhere with google sketchup, it's just too frustrating. Thankfully I have several programs supplied by my course. Nice design mate, though it is enormous

Yeah, I use Solidworks myself. Never even heard of UGNX. Whats it geared towards?

Have you ever tried to use blender? Its free opensource and my god its poor . . . .

mjones1 · 3 Jun 2009 at 20:39

Sketch up only becomes a pain when you want to do it to real life scale

indyskyz · 3 Jun 2009 at 21:16

PhillyDee said:
Do you REALLY need that much cooling

MOAR FANS!!!

well ive updated it now its the same dimensions as an antec300 only 50mm taller i put 2 140s in the top but kept the 6 fans and rad

i just wanted to prove to myself that i could do better really havent added any hdds or other wc stuff but meh want to concentrate on the itx system

JonJ678 that looks really good

Ducky Spud · 3 Jun 2009 at 23:38

That actually looks a pretty decent case design haha. Obviously needs somthing doing for hard drives lol, but other than that

MikeHunt79 · 3 Jun 2009 at 23:46

Nice work, I have a similar layout in an Antec 900

JonJ678 · 4 Jun 2009 at 08:07

Cheers. May be a while before it's decedent is manufactured, the design is just about finished but funding looks a problem. Soildworks is a good one I believe, but I don't have it available so haven't used it.
NX is a fairly comprehensive package which I'm not very good with yet, but they do a stripped down version called solid edge which I'm pretty good with now. The models in the other thread were done on solid edge, but I'm starting to move up to nx as solid edge is ultimately limited.

Finite element analysis still to come, only got as far as making models and basic mechanisms so far. Cad with a 2.7ghz amd and 1gb of ram is horrible.

Any pictures of the itx system? it's remarkably hard to make something very small which still has air moving through it. My designs are somewhat crippled by needing to hold four hard drives, I think the smallest dimensions I got down to were around 100x200x300 mm

ShaolinDreams · 4 Jun 2009 at 14:24

take a hint from its name "Sketch Up"..

looks impressive for a first time mock up

nice work

DeadMan · 4 Jun 2009 at 15:15

Both of those designs look very Antec, I guess it must be the 45 degree front slant.

indyskyz · 5 Jun 2009 at 23:29

JonJ678 said:
Any pictures of the itx system?

hi ive done mine as W 400mm D 200mm H 100mm
holds 2 standard hdds an itx board and a slot/notebook dvd writer
will have an itx psu board and external power brick
been looking at this mobo Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX and a low profile freezer 7

oh and ofcourse a VESA mount

should be able to build this quickly and cheaply and defiantly project worthy could even make it 300mm wide by pulling everything in abit