Oh, I was wishing I'd see your stream today. I've been busy re-learning the CAD tricks. I haven't used a CAD in ages so I'm a bit rusty now. I have been creating different sorts of basic designs for the arcade cabinet.

My first one was a disaster as I wanted to make a lot of rounded shapes, now I'm feeling like I'll just keep to a tried and tested form.

The first thing I needed to do was think about the ergonomics of it. My height is 179 cm, so I am thinking that I should use that as a reference height, to place the screen and the controls at an appropriate level. Since the viewing angle should be 15° I'm thinking that placing the screen deeper into the cabinet should help with people of different heights playing. I wonder if the controls should be of adjustable height or not. I've settled at 105cm for my personal preference.

Do you have any ideas I could employ?

Here's the very first quick free-hand mock up sketch I did after Miro asked what I was doing on my computer in CAD:

[![](https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qmdb88U3LJvuafsvng1eq81pBU93Za5SgbLYkKqSzgj7Vj)<br />Click this if pic not visible.](https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qmdb88U3LJvuafsvng1eq81pBU93Za5SgbLYkKqSzgj7Vj) (it's on ipfs, I don't understand how I can't get it seen on my browser.)

The first attempts in cad were a bit like this:

![Screenshot_20180812_231535.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSPLgbodT9vLZCDXcFoV1AeoNfdoPB9wchCDxBEVpFjJ9/Screenshot_20180812_231535.png)

I'll update you with some other shots when my drawings get better.

See ya!