I've got a PCB designed for connecting a touch probe/tool setter in my little CNC mill, and it's not really something I've done before.
This what the final assembly should roughly look like -
I'll call the front, the side that the jacks will mount through.
Ideally I want the PCB to be held by the front jack threads/nuts, with the rear sat on a couple supports at the corners, with possibly a latch in the centre, just to provide a little bit more security.
My plan is roughly -
Draw the front face with a flat front panel, with a slot/recess for the front PCB edge to locate in.
Add the holes for mounting the jacks.
Create the bottom, with the rear supports.
Then create the remaining three sides, followed by deciding how I'm going to handle the top (there'll also be three 3mm LEDs, but I've not added a 3D model for them yet)
I'm just wondering how others would create such a part, that involves being quite tightly modelled around a pre-existing part.
This what the final assembly should roughly look like -
I'll call the front, the side that the jacks will mount through.
Ideally I want the PCB to be held by the front jack threads/nuts, with the rear sat on a couple supports at the corners, with possibly a latch in the centre, just to provide a little bit more security.
My plan is roughly -
Draw the front face with a flat front panel, with a slot/recess for the front PCB edge to locate in.
Add the holes for mounting the jacks.
Create the bottom, with the rear supports.
Then create the remaining three sides, followed by deciding how I'm going to handle the top (there'll also be three 3mm LEDs, but I've not added a 3D model for them yet)
I'm just wondering how others would create such a part, that involves being quite tightly modelled around a pre-existing part.