Development 3d Renderings (56k unfriendly):: Update 7/17 - Model Download

I decided to try and reproduce my motherboard, an Asus A7N8X Deluxe as closely as possible. This will help me with designing a case in 3d. Here's what I have so far...



And the wireframe of it



Detail shot


If anyone would like me to export the models for the various pieces, ie PCI slots, IDE connectors, etc, for them to use in there 3d modeling, just tell me.


Will post a completed board when I have it, but just wanted some feedback so far, aka Need motivation

 

Looks good. Are there any more detailed photos of your board?

 

I'm basically taking measurements from my old and dead Abit KT7-Raid board for the various parts, then I have a low res pic I got off of Asus's site of my mobo. After I build the component, I place it based on it's location in the pic.

 

You could render the heatsink on the northbridge.

 

Oh, I'm not done yet. Still have to do the Northbridge, the AGP slot, the Dimms, the ZIF Socket, and of course all the different connectors, Parallell, PS/2, Serial, etc.

 

Lookin good. I almost did this when I was drawing out the AMD case (to make sure it would fit an AMD board *cough* *cough* ), but then I decided to just go with a textured box.

 

wat software u use to do that mate

 

looking good.

looks kinda like sketchup but i dont think it is, not sure.

 

3ds Max 4.5

 

Hi, looking very very good.

But I don't think all the little details are needed...

If you would just make the board, with all the slots , USB, PS2, VGA, LAN, etc... , and with the ram slots, and the cpu+heatsink+fan

and ofcours the PCI and AGP slots, and maybe some standard cards (AGP .. a geforce 4 or something)... so that U could put it in for size measuring...

And u could go on and make a normal size PSU...

Oh , don't forget the PSU connector on the mainbord.. that will be handy for placing everything...

and then U could make a cd-drive... and a harddrive...


That should be it tough

oh oh , maybe some fan's... just a square box with a circle in the middle or something... 40/60/80/92/120 , so u have options...


then put every file seperatly and put it only

lol

No I understand if you don't wanna share ur info... but it would be so great to have these things in 3D Max file's... or other 3d programs , (maybe a free one... like the truespace...)

here's a list of components

• Motherboard, with all the connectors (usb, firewire, vga, serial, etc...) , heatsink, pci/agp slot, ramslot, psu connector
• a normal size atc motherboard... a mini atx and a micro atx (some as above)
• a normal size's PCI card, and a normal graphics AGP card
• Fan's ... 40/60/80/92/120 ; and maybe some different thickness... but this is a bit overdue
• PSU ... normal and the small one's...
• CD-Drive... just normal one
• Floppy...
• Hard drive !
• a power button, reset button....
• Empty slots , small and big size...

If anybody feels like wanting to make this... then do it in a program people could get for free, or at least not extremely expensive (like 3D studio max...) but thats up to the maker ofcours... TrueSpace seems to be a good choice for this... or maybe Maya 4.5... dunno

Good luck !

 

Well, the reason I am doing it is mainly so that when I head to school in Aug, I can show them my 3d skills and get out of the Basic 3d Class and into the Advanced one.

But as far as what you are asking, if you just wanted boxes for markers, like how Zap did his Media PC, that's not complicated at all, and really not worth posting the models.

 

D/Lable Models

Should I post the models for everyone to D/L

 

Re: D/Lable Models

Yes

 

Freaky! I modeled the exact same motherboard for a scale model of an ATX case I made once... For a second I thought youd stole me model theyre so similar! (No offence )

 

Truly l337.
This could be the start of modders lego thype thing . Build the pc/mod witht these bits, then do the real thing !

 

80mm fan

Download at www.loply.com/loply/fan.max or www.loply.com/loply/fan.3DS

 

Nice, wish I had some 3D skillz!

 

Wow amazing those fans.
I've got some SketchUp components which are quite (not perfectly) accurate.
They might be of by 1-3 mm, but I doubt it.

I'll upload them if anyone wants them, I've got:
- Abit IT7 (almost finished)
- Floppy Drive
- AGP Card

And then off course HD, CD ROM, ... but for the moment those are still simple boxes.

 

Update

Render



Wire Frame



Detail



Up next? All the little chips

 

thats really good man, loving it.
What level of detail you going to? smt resistors small or just all the IC's