Designing the enclosures or room

[David VB]

Hey folks,

Any of you design their enclosures or reptile rooms before actually building them? I do and i like to do it too. I use the free program called Google Sketchup. It's pretty nice and simple once you get the hang of it.

Anyway, i did some 'work' for the new room and here are the results :









If you do this too, plz share your creations. Even if it's with pen and paper or any other program.

Cheers.

[David VB]

This was the idea for the first (smaller) room :

[David VB]

A couple for my special enclosure that hangs on the wall :

[David VB]

Another enclosure that someone asked me to draw :

[David VB]

And to end, here is a little rack for baby snakes i made for a friend :





Cheers

[Pareeeee]

Very cool, great work on those. Would love to see your physical reptile room when you make it!
I'm learning 3d modelling so I know how much time and patience working in 3d can take.

[reptiledude987]

What material would you use for the one that mounts on a wall?

[David VB]

Originally Posted by reptiledude987

What material would you use for the one that mounts on a wall?

Pictures say more than words, right?













End of part 1

[David VB]

Part 2 :











The skeleton is made of 'mdf' (idk if that is known in english, but it's kind of pressed wood fibre panels). Over that, there is very bendable plywood and the finish is a plastic panel, covered with fake leather.

Greetz.

[SnoopySnake]

That's so cool.. makes me wanna play The Sims, lol.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by SnoopySnake

That's so cool.. makes me wanna play The Sims, lol.

LOL

I didn't know this tool, thanks for sharing, I'll check it out for sure

[SnoopySnake]

Originally Posted by Rattlehead

LOL

I didn't know this tool, thanks for sharing, I'll check it out for sure

Oh I wish there was a tool for building tanks on there, I just meant to go build some houses, haha.

[reptiledude987]

So what type of material is inside the frame? It looks flexible like balsa wood but thicker. What is that material?? Looks great tho!
Also what material is used for the white lining over the wood to waterproof?

[David VB]

In dutch the bendable plywood is called triplex.

[reptiledude987]

Originally Posted by David VB

In dutch the bendable plywood is called triplex.

I suppose if I cant find flexible plywood I could just make it square. But looks so much cooler with the curves. Waht did the wall mount unit weigh when finished?