Aibohphobia's Live Stream - Ep. 3 - Accurately modeling parts from a photo

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In this episode I demonstrate how to accurately model a part from a photo and some basic measurements, using the stock Noctua mounting bar to demonstrate. This is particularly useful for parts that would be difficult to measure, like if it has curves and non-perpendicular/parallel edges.

The second part of the video is of me using the derived mounting bar model to plan out and model a custom bar to mount Noctua heatsinks (and specifically the NH-L12) to the Intel LGA 2011 Narrow ILM, as used on the ASRock X99E-ITX/ac.

It's a long video with many sidetracks and digressions (though hopefully informative), so kudos to anyone who watches all the way to the end! :)
 

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MAN THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED!
I made a back plate for my Zotac 1070 mini using a photo as well, but a dumb method to do so. Always looking for a tutorial like this!
THANKS!!
 
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this is absolutely awesome!

i'm using f360, what do you think about that? will i get as much feature as your cad software?
 

jeshikat

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I haven't tried Fusion 360 so I can't say for certain, but I believe it's just as capable as SpaceClaim.