Create the Perfect Electronics Enclosure with Altium and SolidWorks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- Join industry expert consultant Mark Harris as he takes you on an epic adventure in enclosure design. In this video, Mark will be using SolidWorks and Altium's MCAD CoDesigner to design a custom enclosure for his electronics project - a general-purpose control panel.
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Altium’s MCAD CoDesigner
02:11 Control Panel Project
02:45 The ECAD-MCAD Divide
03:50 Getting started with SolidWorks
04:10 Pulling the boards into SolidWorks
04:33 Designing the Enclosure
06:08 Creating Cutouts
06:42 Standoffs
08:21 3D Printing the Enclosure
09:16 Try it yourself
10:48 Conclusion
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Super cool, thanks for making the video! This is exactly what I have been waiting for :D
Nice to see someone with a workbench covered in as many ongoing projects as me!
Glad you liked it!
The 3D printing aspect of the video was so cool, great job showing how the model translates to the real world
Glad you liked it!
i can't believe how well the print fit the real world, impressive
great you showed the 3D printing process at the end, it's something that I think more people should doing in the electronics community
I've been thinking about trying 3D printing for my enclosures, this video gave me some ideas to consider
I'd really like a full tutorial on the mcad side of the design, either in solidworks or something more affordable because I don't know where to start. The fast forward sections were fun to watch, but I couldn't follow anything of what you were doing to create the enclosure. I know this is an altium channel, but it would really help me to see the other side of the process so I can do it myself.
I'm a one-person show when it comes to my projects, so this video was really useful
I finished watching the video and I have to say, the part where you showed the 3D printed enclosure was so cool
I was really impressed by the precision of the 3D printed enclosure, it's clear you put a lot of thought into the design
I'm a mechanical design student and this video was very helpful in understanding the procedure of designing an enclosure for electronics
You should use the brass inserts from CNC Kitchen, they are so much nicer than those
I don't have separate teams for electronic and mechanical design, so this video was really helpful for me to understand how to do it all myself.
I'd like to see more videos on Altium and 3D printing together!
Noted!
i like how they explained the process clearly, it was easy to follow
I've been using altium for a while, but i had no idea about the codesigner tool. Thanks for introducing me to it
3D printing was cool, good job
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the process but it was good
his video is really helpful, it gave me a ideas for my projects
I like how you explained it, easy to understand
a bit slow-paced for my liking, but I did learn a thing or two about using SolidWorks with Altium Designer
I can't believe I sat through the video just to see yet another 3D printed enclosure
LOL this is way funnier than it should be. Nice to see you dont take yourself too seriously.
Just watched the video and it was awesome, very helpful and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
This video was a great introduction to the MCAD CoDesigner tool, I'm excited to try it out on my own boards
Glad it was helpful!
I appreciate the clear explanation and step-by-step but I would have liked to see more on the challenges that may come up during the 3D printing
Great video, thanks for sharing your expertise on enclosure design. I learned a lot about using solidworks and codesigner!
Glad it was helpful!
I didn't know about the MCAD tool, thanks for showing it
Happy to help
I've been looking for a video that covers 3D printing enclosures with altium boards and this was perfect, thank you. Would be good to have a followup with more detail on how to do the solidworks part.
I cannot find the projects in the CoDesigner panel. Any idea how to save them in the cloud?
I'm new to this stuff, video was helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, I'm interested in seeing more on designing enclosures with different materials
More to come!
Hi and Nice Video.
I got a few question, does the MCAD tool only works with altium 360?. or it can work with regular altium?.
And In altium, do you need any add ins for solidworks?.
I used both but this is the first time I heard about the Mcad tool in solidworks, I do the export and import of step files in solidworks to create enclosures and back to altium if I need to move a hole or some components.
Thanks for this great little tutorial.
Hi,
One more question, How do I enable the PULL button in solidworks?. after the add in the Mcad tool I see a panel but it wants me sign in with the Altium Account?.
I guess I need to talk to the IT guy at the company to add that account?.
Thanks.
This is an awesome example and explanation, thanks for creating it! Question; Do you know of a method to put the step model of the enclosure back into Altium ( to have the 3D representation correct in Altium for the EE guy ), but exclude that model from being pushed to SW?
Yes, in the CoDesigner Ribbon for SolidWorks there is a button to assign the enclosure model.
Is the project available in Github for reference?
How can I know what the best clearances are for my own enclosure?
How did you make the clear section on the buttons? Looks amazing!
It's transparent filament in the centre, with black on the outside. The transparent sections are printed slowly with all layers going in the same direction which improves clarity.
How can I use other mechanical cad software with Altium Designer and MCAD CoDesigner?
You know you can get a tool for putting those brass things in so you dont break your soldering tip?
I'm not familiar with SolidWorks, is it the only option for designing an enclosure?
What filament are you using? Looks nice
PETG
I tried that real filament thats behind you, it was so bad i thought my printer was broken.
Ah geez, so I'm not the only one? Their PVA+ has been really good, but their PET-G is awful - the boxes behind me are still in their shrink wrap, I haven't bothered to open them after 2 other spools were REAL bad.
👍
What printers is that?
It's a Qidi iFast. This was my first project on it after 8 years with FlashForge Creator Pros.
fusion ;)
Is this the board you rushed through and screwed up the design review on? At least you get some use out of it I guess. Are you going to fix the design, if so when will the project video for that be out?
Haha, yes, yes it is. I was waiting to finish this video before reworking it, because the new microcontroller probably won't have USB so the board shape will change. Probably 2 months before I can present it, maybe 3 since Embedded World is in that timeframe?
What's the difference between this guy and the other presenters? He actually builds stuff and doesnt just regurgitate theory. So nice to see actual things being built.
Is MCAD CoDesigner the best thing since sliced bread? Mark wants us to believe so, but you can't toast it, so I don't think so.
if only the lcd wasn't so thick
there'd be no need for supports
It's very hard to find LCDs that are the same height as specific buttons!
I believe the enclosure could have been printed on its face to eliminate the need for so much support material and likely could have been completed with a single extruder
@@michaelbrown-qe8cr then the surface finish would not be very good. The surface finish at the interface is a lot rougher and more inconsistent.
@@OriginalCircuit with the right print bed surface it could even ne better
Your equipment rack looks so awesome!
It does!
Its such a shame all the interesting new features are locked behind an A365 subscription
Solidworks is way too expensive. Cnat you use somethign better?
I've been using SolidWorks for a while and didn't learn anything new from this video
I don't like solidworks. Too slow and costs even more than Altium!
This could have been a 5 minute video if you cut out all the marketing rubbish. Still, the marketing stuff was pretty well done, just didnt really help me at all.
Don’t talk dirty to me
I'm a one-person show when it comes to my projects, so this video was really useful