I designed my first electronics enclosure for 3D printing // FreeCAD + KiCAD complete walkthrough
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- #enclosure #freecad #kicad
I 3D printed my first electronics enclosure with PCBWay www.pcbway.com/setinvite.aspx.... I designed it first with FreeCAD and checked the dimension and clearances with KiCAD integration. In this video, I outline the detailed steps to make features such as connector slots, ventilation holes, screw lugs, text, etc.
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:22 Before starting hutscape.com/oak/bom
03:36 Create a simple cuboid hutscape.com/oak/case
06:25 Create spreadsheet for parametric design docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
11:35 Create fillets for sharp edges
12:07 Prepare KiCad 3D models hutscape.com/oak/hardware
14:13 Set Grid origin in KiCad
14:40 Import KiCad PCB into FreeCAD github.com/hutscape/kicad-lib...
17:54 Create connector slots
22:52 Create circular LED slots
23:25 Create multiple ventilation holes with arrays
26:26 Cut connector slots with Boolean operations
27:45 Create internal space in the enclosure
29:22 Fix mistakes
30:36 Create the internal box opening with a boolean cut
31:25 Create one screw lug
34:20 Create multiple screw lugs
36:33 Tweak and adjust internal screw lugs for PCB
39:06 Create battery supports
39:54 Fuse all screw lugs and battery supports
40:40 Add text pockets on the enclosure
43:05 Order 3D print online from PCBWay
43:58 Slice the enclosure with a separation place
46:45 Export to STL file for viewing and sharing
48:01 Order online for 3D printing
48:49 Assemble with self-tapping screws
50:06 Future improvements
51:31 Outro
🛍️ PRODUCTS MENTIONED
Vernier Calipers s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9GLEAT
Self-tapping screws www.aliexpress.com/item/40001...
🎩 PROJECT FILES
Project Oak hutscape.com/oak
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🔗 LINKS SHOWN
Slide switch datasheet www.farnell.com/datasheets/26...
18650 battery holder datasheet www.farnell.com/datasheets/20...
🔌 TOOLS USED
hutscape.com/tools 
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Very cool! Enjoyed watching along!
I'll have to wait until later to watch this. But I wanted to say, you're one of the best teachers on the platform. The attention to detail helps tremendously. Thank you for your efforts.
Agreed!
Amazing, just got through my first case design with your help!!!
The best FreeCAD/Kicad tutorial I've watched! You are a great teacher!!!
Greetings from Brazil!
I learned a lot from your video. Thanks for sharing the complete process.
It was very helpful that did not gloss over the basics, explained your mistakes and how to correct them, and also that you showed the whole process from beginning to end.
I will watch this more than once!
Freecad usually makes my head hurt. You did a great job making it seem more approachable.
Congratulations Sayanee Basu for your achievement, your perseverance and for these beautiful explanations!
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Bravo Sayanee Basu pour votre réalisation, votre persévérance et pour ces belles explications !
I have finally figured out how to design enclosure for my company's products. Thank you very much.
I got a few projects that dying for a case and I have a 3d printer.... so theres no excuse now with such a good tutorial. Its where I got stuck with CAD, the parametric design, didnt know how or where so this is what I needed thank you.
Impressive video! You managed to cover the entire process very well 👍👍👍
Tip for others, you don't *have* to use a spreadsheet as the 'formula starting point'. An alternative method is making a master sketch (a sketch that has the dimensions you want to use elsewhere), when specifying a constraint in your sketch you can name it. Then using the value of that constraint works very similarly where you use click the formula icon and type the name of the sketch followed by a period (.) and the values show up.
I've been using that somewhat frequently as under windows for whatever reason working with spreadsheets in FreeCAD is really really slow (not the case under Linux/OS X).
Thank you for great small tips and tricks for multi step model footprint assignment in kicad . This tip will help me to making connector slots by using Boolean operation. 🤞🥳 .
Great Video. Thanks for making this clear and crisp video. It's always a dream to make something like that for the projects.
Excellent video. I am exactly at same stage hence each part in your video is very helpful. Thanks a ton!
In short words: Great video! Absolut fantastic.
Wow ... excellent sayantani..it's very useful for the both beginners and experienced
hmm.. wonder why the videos stopped coming! Subed, hoping for more!
Very helpful video. Thank you very much. Exactly what I need to also create a housing for my self-designed pcb
Looks amazing! :)
Very nice !!! Love the rigorous yet pleasant and easy to follow way. Having gone the hard way of ‘trying out stuff until it worked’ i particularly appreciate the smart bits, such as using transparency, the kicadstepup plugin (as buggy as it still might be), adding several models to footprints, etc.
Great tutorial, thank you! 🙂
i need this video :) thank you, now its time form my first enclosure :)
Really great content.
very nice!
I following through video 27th time
I really appreciate the details of working with the different CAD packages. Also, I see a lot of videos with 3D printers sitting in the same (small) space as people's workbenches. If you haven't already, please research the impact of 3D printers on air quality; they throw off a lot of fine particulate and VOCs as well as other bad gasses depending on the filament material.
Yup, that's why I did not yet buy one, especially for a small home lab.
Please come back!!
Hopefully soon after my eyes have healed :)
Congratulations....I have the same issue. Very allergic to mechanic....
hey sayanee I have been working with your tutorial for quite some time and no matter what I do to import the kicad file oak into freecad it gives me a massive amount of errors. I went as far to adjust all the permissions to make all the models accessible and set up samba share and still it tells me models are missing. I made kicad/3dmodels completely accessible but still I keep getting errors.I also tried to open it using kicadstepup but no luck. i do have a freecad file of the complete oak project but i wanted to import everything myself. Can you provide any advice on how to import the model from kicad into freecad board plus parts all in one. Thanks.
I believe that the process I am referring to was completed over a year ago, which means there may be some compatibility issues with the current versions of FreeCAD, KiCAD, and their respective add-ons.
If you are interested in learning how to import from KiCAD to FreeCAD, I recommend starting with a basic project using the most recent versions of both programs and attempting the import from there.
I hope this is useful to you and wish you the best of luck!
The most difficult thing in a printed case is to cut threads when it is impossible to pick up the nuts.
How much does it cost make one?where ?
48:23 I spent $24.90 (without shipping) with PCBWay, 1 year ago.
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