Draw planning new build

[Viroth]

Hi guys, does anyone know of a worthwhile program that I could use to plan my next build in terms of like a blueprint with sizes? Other then pen and paper.

 

Any insight would be amazing.

 

Viro,

[MzCatieB]

GIMP/ Photoshop will work well

[MzCatieB]

im actually doing loads of designs for my cosmos 2 build at the moment 

[Viroth]

How muchness i want a Cosmos2 but my work space wont allow for the size :(  I'll be working with an Antec 300 I was able to pick up dirt cheap. May I ask what would the basics be to make a design in GIMP? Never used that program before,

[MzCatieB]

gimp is simple enough, its opensourse so thats all good, and it works near enough the same as photoshop, u can use a mouse / graphics tablet with it aswell, overall just use it to draw and make notes, i do suggest doing sketches before hand in a pad to get some basic idea's together.

 

also u can make layers with gimp so when it comes to designing things with the case just put a pic of it behind a layer then draw what u want on a different layer

[Viroth]

Ah cheers. Just downloading GIMP now so ill have a whirl at it and let you know how it goes. Many thanks :)

[MzCatieB]

Ah cheers. Just downloading GIMP now so ill have a whirl at it and let you know how it goes. Many thanks :)

make sure u get 2.8, also the UI is really nice cause everything is floating on the screen so u can have youtube in the background and still be able to work

[MzCatieB]

dont forget if ur new modding check out my Modding basics guide

[Viroth]

I ended up using Adobe Flash on my work laptop. Never thought of using it as a planning tool. Works nicely tho. GIMP was to technical for me lol got mind boggled withing 5mins :( Only a simply layout up to now but its something I can use to see the space I have to use.

[Viroth]

dont forget if ur new modding check out my Modding basics guide

 

Already one step ahead of you haha. You have some nice guides there. Shame I wasn't on this forum when I did my first window. 

 

Btw its from a Fractal Design Define Mini M-ATX Case

[MzCatieB]

might aswell spray the inside of the case black or are u doing that carbonfibre aswell?

[MzCatieB]

im going to take my sketches to the screen soon, then i will upload them on here, then once i start il upload the pics to the build logs

[Viroth]

Ye I'll be spraying the inside matte black, and doing the outside (apart from mesh on front) a metallic red. Will be making a window similar to the one I just posted but no vinyl this time. I will, once I actually get hold of the case, be posting a build log of it. 

[Taburett]

Of course, depending on how detailed you want something, there is always a possibility to make a 3d model of it using blender for example, a open source program. A case is quite a simple thing to make but not really sure if there is a reason to learn something like that for just a simple blueprint. Tho you could get some things insanely detailed.

[MzCatieB]

Of course, depending on how detailed you want something, there is always a possibility to make a 3d model of it using blender for example, a open source program. A case is quite a simple thing to make but not really sure if there is a reason to learn something like that for just a simple blueprint.

im planning on doing a 3d render of my build 1s i get the case