How To Design and 3d Print Your Own Custom Case From Mechanical Drawings With Inkscape! RPi Pico

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

hey this is really useful and helpful as i was trying to use tinkercad a few weeks ago and couldnt get it figured out lol. also the inkscape info really helps

[@timberwulfer]

To the point and precise. thank you for this!!! your video is so underrated. I am getting into 3d printing and designing

[@JohnPMiller]

This is much faster than using a digital caliper and planning everything out. This will also work for laser-cut designs in Inkscape. Thanks!

[@NovaspiritTech]

yes sirrr

[@markwarburton8563]

Nice to see inkscape being used before tinkercad. It makes sense, play to the strengths of each package.

[@HendraKusumahiot]

No knowledge about CAD before, and I was ask to build a keyboard case early this year. And tinkercad have help me to understand CAD and capable to build the laser cutted case with a fast learning curve. Then I am having a hard time choosing which tool I want to use to translate my svg files to 3d and this video came along exactly at the right moment. Thanks for sharing

[@auto117666]

This is awesome! Thank you for the great video and clear walkthrough of this process.

[@stewpidmoney6634]

Awesome! Gonna be using this soon, thank you nova!

[@sunfoundermakereducation8590]

Easy to learn, thanks for sharing.

[@JonMcPhalen]

I use Inkscape for everything. You can be much more precise by using the selected object dimensions and location attributes. You can even use expressions in many of those values. For example, if you needed to move an entity 3mm to the right, you can click in the X location field and put +3 (assuming mm is the units) and press enter. There is no reason not to be very precise with Inkscape and a dimensioned drawing. One of my favorite uses for Inkscape is to create circuit boards with odd shapes. For PCBs I export as a DXF and then import that into the PCB software as the board outline.

[@Bikman]

very inspiring for using the mechanical drawings as reference. Great video!

[@wolvrG]

I did a similar thing for my pi4 but instead of mechanical drawing in inkspace, I got the 3d model of pi instead and imported that in tinkercad and designed my case around it. Much more flexible i suppose. Great tutorial though. Gave me idea for more complicated stuff.

[@cursoderobotica]

Amazing!! Thank you for share it!! You rock!

[@molten_software]

great, thank you! only experience with fusion360 and after full time switch to linux, really been missing an easy f360 - like experience for 3d. this should fill the void

[@WPGinfo]

Quick'nDirty method that works.

[@JohnDupuyCOMO]

If you do get past the learning curve of FreeCAD, a design like this is really easy. Basically hand-draw the drawing not worrying about correctness, then slap on "constraint" measurements given the mm numbers on the doc. The document realigns everything automagically. Then extrude and export.

[@NovaspiritTech]

i totally agreee, after the initial learning curve of freecad, it became pretty simple

[@tomdillan]

This could of have been some help the other day when I was trying to make a mount for my mini stx motherboard Nas.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I'm probably going to do this to create a mount for my Pi 4 in a computer case for my NAS.

[@golvellius6855]

Then you bro this is awesome

[@jtreg]

excellent thank you

[@عباسحسنعلي-قسمالكهرباء]

Thank you very much

[@marcelspence5304]

Why did you make the case stack on the board instead of having the board inside the case?

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

what laser do you have?

[@andreas.grundler]

Just a quick sidenote. The Pi Foundation has data sheets for all models, including the Pico W, on their website. These also include mechanical drawings with all the dimensions.

[@NovaspiritTech]

haha yea i know i thought a quick google would bring me there but it didn't. ahha so i used what i found instead

[@user.A9]

Tinkercad123 vs Tinkercad? Or are they the same thing?

[@qayyumqoys562]

After importing svg file, tinkercad upscale my vector shape, already did measurement using MM in AI and and unit in tinkercad using MM, anyone can help me?

[@orkuncamar]

please added enc26j80 ethernet to pico and connected video.

[@Sam-ch4jh]

Check Design spark mechanical which is free and very easy to learn 3D modelling

[@steelymaverick88]

i use exactly what picture says for height and width and its WAY OFF with no way to size to match without warping. also this doesnt help AT ALL for cases for things that dont have available mechanical drawings so a video ont hat would be lovely

[@walterlippens6675]

Give me the dimensions from the mechanical drawing and I design a case using Sketchup 10 times faster and 10 times more precise.

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

I cant stand snap store or .webp

[@NovaspiritTech]

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