3d+CAD+Fun

This page will show programs I use for 3d CAD projects, which I expect will mostly be related to my PCB projects that need cases or something to hold them. I'm going for as much free/open-source as I can.

Here are 3d CAD Projects I'm thinking about.

I expect to get most use out of STL file format output for use with resin vat prototyping machines, so I can order cheap builds without paying expensive tooling costs that would void my interest in all this.

Free and open-source design sites Thingiverse brlcad || BRL-CAD tagged designs at Thingiverse. Only a few. ||
 * **Site** || **Description** ||
 * Thingiverse OpenSCAD || OpenSCAD tagged designs. Considering there's a lot of these, only a couple brl-cad ones, and zero freecad items, I'm more likely to use OpenSCAD. Lots. ||
 * Thingiverse brl-cad
 * OpenMoko || open-source phone design has 3d CAD files available here for the NeoFrerunner model. ||
 * Peli Cases || make cases for something. CAD files are downloadable click-through license. ||
 * Via Openbook || open-source laptop casework design. Small laptop, but something to look at a complex design. Boo, this site seems dead. Try the wayback machine archives of it, though you can't get to the CAD file downloads from the archive. :( But, luckily, due to the open nature of OpenBook, someone has converted the files to another format for use with BRL-CAD and are available here. I wish it was easier to find, took me two days of googling to stumble onto this location. Since it was a hard find, and I've not seen this anywhere else, here's a local copy of what this site had, both the original Via files as well as the step format versions. [[file:via_openbook_cad.7z]] ||

Other open hardware sites that may not be CAD but may be electronic, etc. and need reorganized in my mess of pages here.
 * **Site** || **Description** ||
 * Apertus || Open-source HD video camera for cinema/movie making ||
 * Elphel || Open-source video camera, is part of Apertus ||
 * OScar || Open-source car design project ||

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