Great case idea, no skills whatsoever ... HELP

[forlis]

So  I've been watching the mini-itx market for about 2 years and I have a case design that is smaller than all of them, including the recent video posted by linus
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My concept will be significantly smaller than this, about 60-70% of the size

 

I cannot sketch, draw or 3d design it on apc and I do not know who/how to approach about this

Does anybody have an idea what I can do?
 

[ARikozuM]

Buy wood and start building a mock-up.

[W-L]

1 hour ago, forlis said:

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Unless you want to pay someone to do the modeling and work with you for a design it will not be cheap to manufacture a case from scratch, just to give you an idea just to build the case alone without the modeling cost will be around $1000 or so if you have a company to fabricate it. If you know some friends who are good at this stuff they are probably your best bet to start off your design and how you would manufacture it.

 

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[kalious78]

 

draw it free hand and scan the images to the pc ?

 

test build it outa cardboard/wood ?

 

find someone who could put it into a 3d model for you ?

 

find a 3rd party willing to help you and 3d print the parts ?

[Maqywhaq]

I'd go with idea of using cardboard to visualize the idea... If you're working with sheet-stock for production, the process might make the transition to getting it made a little simpler too... Wood would be more structurally sound, but at the size/thicknesses you'd probably want for structural strength might be too much.