Mechanical Designs
upload you design files here for stands, roofmounts, railing mounts, sunshields and things like that
Gallery of installations
- Various photos of Fireball Camera Systems Installations
- Rooftop installations of DFNEXT/DFNSMALL camera systems
- Standalone Fireball Camera Installation (DFNEXT/DFNSMALL)
DFNEXT and DFNSMALL camera systems
- DFNEXT/DFNSMALL camera mounting pattern, eg for roof top deployment
- Drawings and instructions for standalone installation
- DFNEXT stand design by the UK Fireball Network, off-the-shelf installation guide for standalone or rooftop deployment.
DFNKIT camera systems
Rooftop Mounts
- Rooftop Kit Camera Installation details - DFNKIT deployment
(For DFNKIT cameras only at the moment. These have plastic enclosures with transparent tops.)
Editable Autodesk Inventor (free for use by "Qualified Educational Institutions") part files:
roof_mount.ipt roof angle parameter can be modified before DXF export for laser cutting
roof_mount_rib_and_pan.ipt
flat_roof_mount.ipt
DXF files (send to your nearest lasercutter and then bend with a panbrake):
For smooth corrugated tin roofs
Media:PART 10 degree roof mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
Media:PART 15 degree roof mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
Media:PART 20 degree roof mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
Media:PART 25 degree roof mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
Media:PART 30 degree roof mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
Media:PART 35 degree roof mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
For rib and pan tin roofs
Media:PART 20 degree rib and pan roof mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
For flat roofs and other structures:
Media:PART flat mount MAT 3mm aluminium.dxf
IPT files (editable for different roof angles and constructions)
Media:Roof mount.ipt (main roof mount used by kit cameras, roof angle is an editable parameter)