Customizing Sick of Beige cases for laser cutting

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Download and install the SVG export plugin 3 Download the Sick of Beige template 4 Open your project and the template 5 Add the projcet board coordinate center on the template 6 Adding hole shapes for extruding parts 6.1 Find the relative center of the component on the template 6.2 Draw the hole shape for the part 6.3 Repeat for all extruding parts 7 Export the shape to the SVG file 8 Send for manufacturing

Overview

Dangerous Prototypes are moving to now standard sized PCBs for which we have designed Sick of Beige cases. These cases are simple laser cut acrylic sheets that are connected with bolts and standoffs.

In this tutorial we will cover how you can customize our Sick of Beige case files for your own projects

Download and install the SVG export plugin

Download and unzip the export SVG plugin for SketchUp in the SketchUp plugins directory.

Download the Sick of Beige template

Download the Sick of Beige SketchUp template that corespondes to the standard size board you want to design a case for.

Open your project and the template

Open the PCB design file of your project, and the SketchUp template design. This tutorial uses Cadsoft Eagle for the PCB design, as it's the tool we use for our PCBs, and we have standard size PCB library for it.

Add the projcet board coordinate center on the template

Adding hole shapes for extruding parts

Find the relative center of the component on the template

Draw the hole shape for the part

Repeat for all extruding parts

Export the shape to the SVG file

Send for manufacturing