I want to finish the design for the case before I solder everything up, so that's what I'm doing this morning. I've been having a lot of trouble removing supports from the intricate part of the front panel that fits between the keyboard keys, so I've opted to split these plates out into separate parts, hoping that's a little more clean and simple.
It can be tricky going back and making changes like this to a complicated model. I try to make simple changes to the existing drawings and extrusions, and then add blocks of additional changes to that.... hard to explain. Just have to keep things organized or the cad model can get unmaintainable very quickly.
Aside from that, it's gotten a few small updates:
- Added screw in the four corners of the case, which involved shifting the raspberry pi up a little, but that was good because it put the micro USB port in a better position.
- Added zip tie points for wire routing
- Added wire clips on the panel that holds the display in place.
I just did a quick assembly of the last set of prints and it's too thin to fit the battery. I'm not sure how that happened, but I need to add 2mm depth to the front panel to make it work. Getting closer anyway! Another print shortly.
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