My future display

I like the plexiglass idea as a bottom and you could make a small lip for the front out of it. 5'9 is starting to get tall. Watch how high up you have a display cage. You might wanna invest in a good Wet/dry vac and step stool. But I love the layout......

Ok, here's some more drawings of the design.. I'm using 1/2" material.



I cut through the center of the design to show how it looks this way with the doors and stuff. The next one is zoomed in on a single display case, with the latch and hinge drawn in.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...d1beb3070d.jpg

Still working out the details, but eventually I will get to a cut list and drawing instructions. Lol.

Second try at the second pic...

I really love the idea of incorporating the hatchling rack in the first drawing...my snake room will most likely be a basement living room we use as a play room at this time...so things need to look nice.

I like the lips. Very nice.

Okay, I switched over from using AutoCAD 2009 to Google Sketchup (which if free to anyone who wants it fyi) to render it as a solid piece of furniture. I want it to be black with a white inside for the displays so they pop out at you (an idea given to me by a friend). The clear display windows are tinted blue just so you can see them there. I'll get a cut list and stuff going once I have time.

Great plan and design. I built a viv using many ideas and suggestions from the DIY posts. For heating I used an UTH directly attached to the smooth side of a ceramic tile then I used the grommets the UTH came with to raise the tile and sealed around it. I can't remember where or who's idea but it works great. You can also use Flex Watt heat tape or Flexible heat ropes. All would require a thermostat.

For Asbit. I redrew the first design concept in 3D.





And just because I got excited and carried away. Made a huge entertainment center style one with a wood finish.





Ideas and comments are all still welcome! I'm just messing around with my design program until I find something I absolutely fall in love with. Peace.

Hey thanks for the extra renderings...love the look of the entertainment one, would need to scrap the doors on the upper middle section where the TV would be. Then for the side sections could you do the doors so they recessed on a slider in along the outer wall of those compartments? What kind of dimensions did you give it? I really have to kick my son in gear as he still has done nothing to render me any designs yet!

Originally Posted by Asbit

Hey thanks for the extra renderings...love the look of the entertainment one, would need to scrap the doors on the upper middle section where the TV would be. Then for the side sections could you do the doors so they recessed on a slider in along the outer wall of those compartments? What kind of dimensions did you give it? I really have to kick my son in gear as he still has done nothing to render me any designs yet!

Right now the entertainment center style model is 6'2" tall x 8'1" long and 1'6" deep. The bottom cages are 36" long x 18" tall x 18" deep. The outer cages on the top level are 18" long x 36" tall x 18" deep. I wanted to make vertical cages for arboreal species. The large center cage on top is 3'11" long x 36" tall x 18" deep. I wanted to provide a very large tank for a massive pet, possibly for my fiance's future frilled dragon. The cubbyholes are set within a 18" long x 36" tall x 18" deep region. Each hole is 11.25" long x 8.5" tall x 18" deep. These I planned for housing multiple babies per cube or possibly larger yearling containers.

I was thinking about framing the glass (?) doors with wood to make them look cleaner and more refined. I also might put in a middle strip in between the two center doors of the large upper cage too for support. I don't think I would ever put a TV near my snakes, too many vibrations with how loud I play my music. Lol. I thought about adding recessive sliders to all (?) the cage doors as well, just not quite sure yet how that would work. It would definitely get rid of cumbersome doors while cleaning though.