Week 8 - 25th November 2022

Personalising your Case

Instructions (Web browser)

Adding Text/Your name to the box

Creating a Button

Add your own flair

Sharing the part

Personalising your Case

In this session we'll be using OnShape to personalise our console case.

We'll be adding our name to the case and designing buttons we can add to it.

Video Instructions can be found here:

Instructions when using the web browser on PC/Mac or Raspberry Pi

Instructions for iPad or tablets

Instructions (Web browser)

First steps:

Go to https://cad.onshape.com/signin
Log in using your ingen.info email and the password: ChooChoo#42
Once logged in create a new document giving it your name.

You should now see the editor (above)

4. You will need to import the exisiting case model

5. Click the 'Plane' drop down control (the arrow to the right of it not the square itself)

6. Menu should look like this

You need to click the 'Derived' icon near the bottom of the list

Then click:

Other Documents

St Finians Steam Club

Raspberry Pi Pico STEAM (V1)

Case Parts

Case

Then the green tick mark.

You should now be able to see the case, and rotate around it with the right mouse button held.

Adding Text/Your name to the box

Next click Sketch and then the side of the case we want to add our name to.

Click the 'Text' command and drag a rectangle (where the text will be placed) on the side of the box - then enter your name. (you may want to mirror and flip it)

If the text apears in red you may need to delete some 'constraints' - click the red boxes with the icons in and press delete

Once you're happy click the green check mark

Now to make the text 3D we'll need to 'extrude' the text by clicking the extrude command and then the sketch

Change the depth to 1mm

Then click the green check mark

Creating a Button

Next we want to add a button

Many of the steps are the same as adding text.

First we rotate the box so we can see the front.

Then add a sketch to the front

Next draw a rectangle on the button areas

Click the green check mark

Extrude

Make sure New is selected not Add

We want to create anew part not add to an existing one.

Change the Depth to 1mm

and click the green check mark

Add a new sketch to the top of the cuboid you just created

Add a circle to it that doesn't overlap the screen

Then green tick

Extrude the sketch by a depth of 1mm (making sure you're creating a cylinder - you may need to click the circle and square to do this)

Click the green check mark

You've created your first component (hide the case to see it better)

Add your own flair

See if you can figure out how to add you own flair or design to the case

Sharing the part

So I can print it you need to share it with the Team

Click the top left onshape icon to go back to the docs

Then right click the document you created and click 'share'

Click the 'Teams' tab and 'Search names' click St Finians Steam Club - Share and Close

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