Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-24 Thread metan . lists
FYI: the ribbonsoft stopped community releases which resulted in QCAD fork called librecad, which is ported to QT4 http://librecad.org. -- metan Cyril Hrubis ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/list

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Michael Sokolov
On 02/17/2011 08:33 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: > I have never done this before, but I want to fab some customized boxes > for some pcbs I'll be making in the future. I want custom dimensions > and custom cutouts and custom mounting posts for the pcb. I have used the services of Vinatech Engineering Inc

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Darryl Gibson
On 02/17/2011 08:33 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: > I have never done this before, but I want to fab some customized boxes > for some pcbs I'll be making in the future. I want custom dimensions > and custom cutouts and custom mounting posts for the pcb. I prototype boxes with cardboard and glue. > Any we

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Ben Jackson
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 03:08:27PM -0600, John Griessen wrote: > > HeeksCAD is very usable 3D. With it you can quickly do booleans > to create ports, slots, etc. It uses a 2D layer called sketch > frequently to transfer a shape into 3D. If you want to warp ahead a few years worth of development

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread John Griessen
On 02/18/11 13:24, yamazakir2 wrote: As for the CAD software, I don't need anything robust, just something simple that can make what I described above. Free/open source would be great. HeeksCAD is very usable 3D. With it you can quickly do booleans to create ports, slots, etc. It uses a 2D l

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Bob Paddock
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: > Let me re-iteraite what i am looking for. > > I'm looking for mid quantity production run, maybe 50-100. Also > looking for a plastic enclosure with nothing fancy, just a box with > cutouts for I/O ports. You could pick up a shlock-box from any

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread yamazakir2
Let me re-iteraite what i am looking for. I'm looking for mid quantity production run, maybe 50-100. Also looking for a plastic enclosure with nothing fancy, just a box with cutouts for I/O ports. As for the CAD software, I don't need anything robust, just something simple that can make what I de

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Stephen Trier wrote: > As for software, the mechanical engineers at my workplace design cases in > Solidworks. It looks very expensive. :-) It is. Even here in academia, where CAD companies generally try to lure future users, the license was a subject of an investment grant. A viable alterna

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Graheme Wilson
Inkscape is also available for the Apple Mac. However the version I use doesn't seem to work as well as the Linux version for some reason. Graheme >As for software, the mechanical engineers at my workplace design cases >in Solidworks. It looks very expensive. :-) Some of the >hobby

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Graheme Wilson
Inkscape is also available for the Apple Mac. However the version I use doesn't seem to work as well as the Linux version for some reason. Graheme >As for software, the mechanical engineers at my workplace design cases >in Solidworks. It looks very expensive. :-) Some of the >hobby

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Stephen Trier
If you're looking for production quantities, pretty much every enclosure maker, whether plastic or metal, advertises their willingness to customize. There may be a hefty tooling fee, and they may or may not be interested in small orders. Find a company that makes something similar t

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Matthew Sager
Any websites that do this? Also, any software to design the box? I know this company will build custom enclosures. [1]http://www.tentec.com/?s=enclosures But you could probably find a metal or sheet metal place closer to you. It all depends on what you need. Typically you will h