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Blog The gradual progression of my Pi-IDE - my portable electronics / dev kit.  Minor update.
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  • Author Author: the-dubster
  • Date Created: 23 Mar 2018 11:36 PM Date Created
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The gradual progression of my Pi-IDE - my portable electronics / dev kit.  Minor update.

the-dubster
the-dubster
23 Mar 2018

Update on the PSU Case.

 

Had a bit of fun in Fusion 360, sorted keyways for the two switches, radiused off some edges and, well, you'll see.

 

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Unnecessary but . . . . what the heck!

 

 

 

OK, it sorta looks ok. The cable can't reach the slot I left as the PSU is snug in the case.

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The two halves click together nicely - lucky as I forgot screw holes / threaded mounts . . .

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BUT, and it's a major but. As I opted to decorate the lid with some logos I printed it face down.

 

The supports under / in and around the logos meant the upper surface of the lid WASN'T flat to the glass.

 

This doesn't look pretty AT ALL!

 

Worse still though, some detail is lost - or should I say - destroyed!

 

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Several hours of rework in Fusion 360 (and multiple program crashes as I tried to deal with HUUUGE numbers of triangles by trying to edit the meshes) I decided to sink the logos into the lid and create a brand new Pi logo (as this had tens of thousands of triangles where I imported the .stl file).

 

Hopefully it'll print better and, after the internal rework, fit better too!

 

Space has been left for an element14 logo too, once I get around to drawing that!

 

 

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Tah-Dah!!

 

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  • genebren
    genebren over 7 years ago +2
    Nice looking case! I see more and more people trying out their skills in 3D printing. I might have to break down an try this too. Good work! Gene
  • the-dubster
    the-dubster over 7 years ago in reply to genebren +1
    Do it! I've had Fusion for a while now on an Educators License, I struggled and gave up for a while until I got the printer at Christmas. The results you see are driven by a desire to print whatever I…
  • the-dubster
    the-dubster over 7 years ago in reply to genebren

    Do it! I've had Fusion for a while now on an Educators License, I struggled and gave up for a while until I got the printer at Christmas.

     

    The results you see are driven by a desire to print whatever I want. I still use Thingiverse for some stuff, but I try to design my own things wherever possible.

     

    Thanks for checking on the progress. image

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    genebren over 7 years ago

    Nice looking case!  I see more and more people trying out their skills in 3D printing.  I might have to break down an try this too.

    Good work!

    Gene

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