{"id":186,"date":"2013-03-29T18:57:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T02:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schminktronics.com\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2013-04-04T20:58:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T04:58:38","slug":"revised-coil-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/schminktronics.com\/blog\/archives\/186","title":{"rendered":"Revised coil design"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had the day off of work today, so I finally had a chance to work on my new coil design with connections on the bottom so it can be mounted and tabs on the top so I can mount a \u00a0PCB.<\/p>\n

After reading about other people using SketchUp, I decided to try that. I do like a lot of the features, like being able to directly manipulate the design and measure to make sure things are aligned exactly like I expect. But, I also ran into problems. I wasn’t able to do difference operations on cylinders. Difference operations aren’t directly supported anyway, but once I tried to an intersection with a cylinder so I could remove parts, things get really messed up. I also had problems with simpler shapes because SketchUp isn’t a solid modeling tool, so I wasn’t sure if things I was creating would be solid or just exterior walls.<\/p>\n

But, SketchUp was great for being able to sketch my design so I could model it in OpenSCAD:<\/p>\n

\"ElectroDesign-Iso-Sketchup\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Once I had the dimensions all figured out, it was much easier to go step by step and add all the design features I wanted. This went much more quickly than when I tried it before without doing a SketchUp first:<\/p>\n

\"ElectroDesign1-Iso\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I also did some research to find a company other than Shapeways where I could get it printed cheaply, but not have to wait for shipping from the East Coast. I did find Solid Concepts<\/a>\u00a0which has an office in San Diego! Perhaps I can just go pick it up in a day or two! Sadly, of all the materials I tried, the cheapest I could find still cost $80 for this piece, which is over 10 times greater than what Shapeways charges. A little more research and I found Sculpteo<\/a>. They’re not in San Diego, but at least they’re in California. Costs under $8 and says it ships in 4 days! So, I decided to give them a try. The cheapest shipping still cost $6 but comes with absolutely no tracking information. As far as I can tell, Sculpteo doesn’t give any information about when my design actually ships (unlike Shapeways), so I just have to wait and see when it arrives. I’ll hold off judgement on them until I see how long it ends up taking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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