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04-12-2016, 07:04 AM #3
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Did you have one in mind or an example you could show us?
If you're looking for some typical knobs and other hardware, McMaster-Carr's website has CAD files for a lot of their catalog.
Usually, if I can't find dimensions but i can find some good pictures that show a side or a top view - I'm not above holding a ruler up to the computer screen and measuring the longest side, making up a Scale Factor and modeling it from that. It's best to use the longest dimension..
(Final Size you decide) / (Measured longest side) = (Scale Factor)
From there, keep measuring and multiply by the Scale Factor to get the rest of the dimensions - some extrapolation may be required...
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