ouch! sorry to hear it.

Why are you using such a large computer for this? You can use like an ITX motherboard. Are you trying to play crysis on this thing? If its just a nav and audio player i dont see the need for such a large computer in there. Correct me if I am wrong. But from my understanding it looks like you are sticking a full sized ATX mobo in there.

I am going to have to get that software. I am really struggling with getting my ATOS cloud files to open in solidworks. I have been pretty busy and havent had much time to mess with it. But I think I am going to get the autodesk 3ds software you are using and play with it a little.

Oh I am going with a mini ITX board for the build. That picture of the two boards side by side is for my work PC. I had to switch to Intel to properly run the Kinect. If you look at the 3d model picture I have in the thread, it's actually a ASRock Q5000 Minix ITX that I have modeled and will be using.

Yeah 3ds MAX works very well for point clouds. I just want to point out that the dash I am doing in MAX. But the rest I have done in Inventor for accuracy and speed. If you need me to convert and simplify your model so you can put it easier into Solidworks PM me and I could help you out! That is if you can't get a hold of the software.

Lesson learned save once and save often.. :shakes head:

oh ok :tup:

What are you using as the GPU? Or just on board graphics?

At the moment just the onboard AMD Radeon HD 8330 Graphics. I think that will be enough to run everything I am wanting to do. But when I get into the hardware I may change my mind.

i can get you the solidworks if necessary. I have a copy of 2015 pro

What file format does the scan come out of ATOS at?

Here's a weekend update everyone. I sat down today and started putting in the work to redesign the dash so I can bring in the other models for the computer. I am making a new mesh over the old because the geometry works so much better than the original scan. There is a good few hours in there so far. And I've totally been saving every 10 minutes lol!

http://www.the370z.com/members/asorg...itor-model.jpg

i can save the cloud files in a number of formats. the one that is supposed to be useful is .stl

the scan itself is an .atos file

Very cool! Just let me know if you need help to get it into Solidworks!

I've been pushing through the dash design into a well modifiable design. I was able to flesh out the front and sides last night. I will be posting pictures this evening so stay tuned. I'm allowing myself about 3 weeks for the redesign of the dash but with the progress made so far I'm hoping to cut that in half.

In preparation of the next step I have been talking with representatives with 3d Systems. I ordered a sample kit of all the different printing methods. So I will finally be able to put hands on the different types to figure out if stereolithography (SLA) is the way that I want to go.

After speaking with them I found that they do sheet metal there also. So I may be able to kill two birds with one stone and have them make my PC case as well!

Did you get that laser scanned or 3d scanned?