My way of planing a midibox

[Phattline]

Before I plan my midiboxes, I search in the I-net for cheap good parts, and download the datasheets.

After this I draw a 3D drawing of the Parts.

The Drawing supplys all information, on different LAYER´s, like- chematic, drill holes for pcb, holes for the frontplate, soldering points, and of course the high of the part.

The rest is Drag and Drop (copy and paste- or if you have a programable gamer mouse- click and click)

The following file have following parts in it:

3D DWG, Autocad 2004:

Switch "DTL2" (Reichelt.de)

POT "ALPS-RK11K113" (Reichelt.de)

Fader "ALPS-RSAON1211" (Reichelt.de)

3mm LED (reichelt.de)

5x2.5 LED (reichelt.de)

FADER - Manufactur unknown - "C0021N" (Voti.nl)

LED-SWITCH "RJS - PB6156L1 - 202"

SMD-4051 (conrad.de)

2D DWG

Tact switch "omron" (voti.nl...conrad...reichelt...)

Encoder (voti.nl)

You have quite fast a Design, you have the measurements the high you can plan it perfectly, and when work is done.

You disable all layers you dont need to make a pcb or a frontplate....

Have fun...phatline

Midiboxparts.rar

Midiboxparts.rar

[Phattline]

3D midibox

PCB design

[stryd_one]

I like this method but autocad is way expensive :(

[Phattline]

I have the software of my company-laptop...I´m a cad drawer/planer... so for me it cost nothing.

And for the others there is a lot of medicine out there  ;) - wright?  ;D

[runinit]

Can you upload those files again? I'm using autocad and they look very useful.

[SuburbanBoy]

i haven't worked with it yet, but Google's SketchUp should also be suitable for virtual prototyping. though i'm not sure how far you can go into details with it.