About this 3D model
Note: After 2 years of workhorse use, this Thing is no longer being supported or developed! Please try the updated and more feature complete version located here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:66030This OpenSCAD script will generate a 2 part fit together packaging which connect together using simple lips.One of the objects will have an internal lip the other one will have an external lip. The ridges left by 3d printing provide grooves which acts as teeth to secure the 2 halves.It can also create simple square or cylindrical cutouts on any face of the top or bottom half4 cylindrical support posts can also be added on the bottom or top half to help position a PCB or similar deviceYou can specify fit and tolerancesAll these features can be turned on/off from the control variables sectionWith this script you can easily make packaging for almost any electronic device you are working on!This looks complicated but it has saved me a huge amount of time making custom packages for people over the past few days. The most recent versions (2012_05_29-Tyndall_Generic_Device_Packaging-v1.6.scad) have options for easily adding mouse ears, support posts, having cutouts not penetrate the outer face for better surface finish, generating only 1 side or both, incorporating other parts and models of internal electronics and showing the device assembled or as side by side parts!Changes from previous versions:v1.6Incorporates improvements from brians physiological health board case v2.6better support for adding parts, changing features and changing layout using control variablesCan select how tall the 2 halves are relative to each otherAdded method to choose whether to have fully cut or covered cutoutsAdded optional mouse-earsmore logical method for creating circular and square cutouts in preparation for array based systemsimplified method for controlling lip toleranceabandoned some features from v1.5 such as profiled lips in quest for simplicitymethod optionally adding posts to top and bottomvariables for controlling support posts on top and bottom separatelypasted contents of mouse ears and rounded cuboid as modules rather than accessing them as external files so now you only need to download the one file!!!no conical cutouts for now... sorry!v1.5adjusted a few values after receiving SLA proto-typesincreased height of postsadded support structures on top sidedecrease diameter of support structures on top side sightly to allow for brackets at end of 40 waydecreased z clearancev1.4added angled lip (Cube_cone_cylinder_minkowski sum) for better mating of top and bottom parts when made via SLA/SLS etcnew more simplistic rounded cuboid modulemoved around the cutout for the uUSB so that there wasn't such a thin piece of plastic above itchanged post type to nub as SLA should be able to handle the resolutionadded easier control of orientation of parts relative to each other using single variable side_by_sideadded axis labels to most faces and tyndall logo to bottomadded new fit type for super accurate manufacturing techniques such as SLAv1.3Fix cutout positions for TOP SQUARE East and BOTTOM SQUARE West sideFix position of base of support posts on bottom halfv1.2Fixed Inner and Outer Lip Clearance implementationAdded ability to generate support posts on bottom half of either nub or screw hole typev1.1???This version was lost in a computer crash. GRRRR!???It implemented the ability to choose the reference point for measurements for each side???Let this be a lesson!???Back your stuff up regularly and on separate devices!v 1.0Ensure pcb_clearance and fit clearance is taken into accountfit type values changedforce_fit from 0.4 to 0.2hold_fit from 0.6 to 0.3slide_fit from 0.8 to 0.4free_fit from 1to 0.5add cylinder & square holes to all facesallowed to stack or see side by sidereplace 0.1s with a_bitcheck holes on top & bottom sides meet properly