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I talked to Jezmck (the web dev behind the sketchup collection) and to Cheapskate about the possibility of starting a DXF collection for the modding community here at Bit-tech.

DXF is a drawing format that is essentially 2d and you can send it to your printer to print components to scale. This makes cutting that radiator hole, that hdd bay, assembling that motherboard IO plate a hell of alot easier.

Those of us who have laser cutters or CNC routers can also use the DXF files to cut out components with incredible accuracy.

Its going to be a community effort to gather enough useful components for people to use and I have already designed several components in DXF that modders here would find useful.




DXF allows you to take this...


And turn it into this...


So what do you have to do?

1. Tell us if this would be something you would want to support

2. If you design to scale components, you can make the DXF files available to the collection

3. I dont have a three, thats it really.


Based on community response, we will go ahead with this. With desktop laser cutters and cnc's going cheap and more and more people looking to print and cut components, this would be a positive step forward.

Let us know what you think.

 

I'd make it a library for DXF- and STEP-files. 2D is good but 3D is sometimes better.

 

Great idea, ill dig out what DXF files i have, mainly radiator layouts though.

 

This is the first I've heard about this idea. It would be nice to have patterns that can be vouched for on accuracy. Who is going to host this?

 

Depending on the file sizes I possibly could (not got much space left), unless Jez wants to keep it with the SCC?

 

Haha I meant you as in coming up with the idea of the dxf from sketchup files. Jez wants to host it and hes looking at adding dxf to the SCC as an option or creating an entirely new dxf library for us.

 

I'm up to contributing a little bit here and there.

Not really sure what people are looking for, but I think it'd be interesting to see what other people come up with.

 

I would love if this idea came to fruition!

 

This sounds like a great idea

Maybe a rating system for each file? or just a comments section/forum

 

If jezmek is putting this forward for SU import, there's another issue. All the files would need some additional object that could be used for a scale reference. Importing DXF into, well... everything that isn't CAD/CAM, loses the original scale.

 

Well when you think about it, it wouldnt need to be a huge library.

All it needs to have is default cad models to scale of the motherboard, psu plate, hdd holes etc etc etc and whatever the community creates.


Its just a referrence point for people to take these designs and customise them to their own needs.

 

So, do you all think this is worthwhile? Do we have enough contributors/interested parties?

BTW - Hosting files really is no problem at all, I have unlimited bandwidth, and I doubt somehow that the files will ever be as big as some of the .skp files.

 

Defiantly worthwhile only saying that because I'm in great need of a PSU plate .dxf and there's none about.

 

+1 on everything editor said.
I don't think anyone wants my flattened DXFs. Most of what I have made was ripped directly from the SU library. (No true curves, etc...)

 

Shotgun

Anyhow ill email jez in the hopes that he takes this further.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?0ku5txkmomv

There you are.

 

Snagged! and rep'd! Thanks!


Also: I just realized this list can include custom PCBs!!

 

You're very welcome

I'd be totally cool with this idea, got alot of dxfs laying around. Also, I've got an OK upspeed to host a file server.

 

Yep, am happy to go ahead.

Do you guys reckon I should set this up at dxf.jezmckean.com or something?
Same code/layout as for the SCC?

 

Yup, that would seem to be best.