could these be broken up? yes. but this .scad was never used AFAIK, so
I'm just going to repurpose it
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
I think the lack of symmetry led to a varying amount of force being
applied when joined with the interconnect. take for instance:
OUTER INTER INNER
INTER INTER INTER
INNER INTER OUTER
if OUTER (the "windowed" piece, the outside wall + one half of the
mounting column) is on top on the left side and on the bottom on the
right side, and INNER (the inner wall, the one that floats around
relative to the outer wall) vice versa on the other side, the two pieces
side by side would not create a clean line --- left would be ~0.5mm
lower than the right.
if there was a way to clamp these down relative to each other, the
problem might go away, but these are pretty pivotal to the overall stick
being aligned and the panels don't cross the interconnect, so probably
panels and a completed stick would have been similarly misaligned.
this, I believe, fixes it, and also fixes a tiny issue where a bit too
much material was being cut out of the inner walls by way of the mount
columns having a triangular point not normally seen because it's inside
the inner wall
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
no particular reference for this, just took some "slashes" and cut them
out of the walls with the expectation of using the inner wall in a
different color. designed, as much as I'd call it a design, for the Eva
stick, but this is mostly just me trying stuff at the moment
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
essentially, the whole inner wall and part of the outer wall gets cut
out of the piece, and a new inner wall piece (probably printed in a
different color, or with some design of its own) created that can be
seen through the outer wall's window
multiple window and inner options are possible, this is just the start
while I do other organization
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
box pieces having a 45 degree cut for the corners looks very nice, and
works well, but the cut interferes with the extended piece options, so
this reuses the pieces to take ones with the 45 degree lip cut off,
which would be combined with the flush extended pieces, much like how
things used to work for these pieces before I made the box pieces use
said cut.
this also commits a demo of combining everything extended-style
phew
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
I'm going to need to duplicate and edit the top/bottom pieces in
order to create better extended pieces, so this moves them into
something explicitly-named. next commit will fix the extended pieces
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this makes them meet at the corner at a 45 degree angle, rather than the
side having the whole wall, which tended not to print well. the behavior
of the extended walls, where the whole side is on the extended side
piece, is retained --- this only affects the box walls
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this is just to line up with the frame/panel mount column a bit better
and remove some weird geometry
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
in addition to renaming a number of the frame pieces, and adjusting the
pieces affected by those renames, this tweaks how the interlocking
pieces are designed by using 1/3 of the inner z of the frame rather than
dividing up the outer z. this is more consistent and might be a relevant
tweak in a later part I'm working on
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
for stability, could be decorated more in the future, that kind of
thing, but this works right now so I'll commit it before I go breaking
things
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
I didn't use this in a build, but the panels work. there might be some
misalignment with the interconnect, still, but I'm thinking of redoing
that piece anyway. I think these files are good at least.
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
the previous cutout ran the height of the interior, meaning that if you
looked straight down a top panel edge, if the fit wasn't perfect, you
could see some gaps, as the lip that the panel was resting on had gaps
in it. this eliminates that, and makes the pieces with neutrik cutouts a
bit more stable, by just shortening the cutout box and retaining a
little lip for the panels across the whole box
slightly harder to get around with buttons that way, but definitely a
net improvement
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
previous design worked fine, but it's just so tiny, a slight breeze
would sometimes knock the stick off
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this is basically just a little wedge to display the stick on. I really
like using three since they're not secured to anything, but I might make
a plate to put them in next, for a bit more stability
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
so, that mount wouldn't have even been printable for anyone else anyway,
that's good, but this breaking out of a piece might as well be committed
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
the friction fit is too unreliable, and it took minimal kid aura to have
the whole thing toppling over. I will make a more stable mount at a
minimum later, so this thing goes into the TODO pile for now
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this is still a very solid piece compared to the old method of a diamond
through the middle, and comes with two benefits:
1. semicircle cut out of the bottom (or top) means that wiring can be
run over rather than through, simplifying some (dis)assembly, and...
2. semicircle on the bottom, and offset from the center, should allow
for designs with a button in the center of the x-axis, rather than
having to leave room for the frame wall. this might facilitate
directional arc layouts where the buttons are combined in one shape
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
the panels had posts that would drive into the frame column (the frame
column needing to be a bit wider at the top and bottom accodringly).
this was an attempt to assist the friction fit of the whole stick in
tandem by having the panels contribute to the position and rigidity of
the frame pieces. in practice I think this didn't really contribute
anything major to that problem, and instead made the panels hard to
connect, and way harder to remove, while also having a visual defect in
that the panels were usually separated slightly due to having to fit
exactly in the frame columns.
this goes back to the old design where the base panel is a flat sheet
and the frame column holes are uniform. everything seems nicer this way,
and the overall build is simpler.
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
still playing with these a bit, but test prints yields some promising
shapes, just need to do a build with them to confirm I like it
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
replace hardcoded values creating the 45 degree bevel with the parameter
itself, so that htis is a bit more flexible in the future
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this is just an aesthetic choice, but I think 2+ tone colorways will
look slightly nicer if the whole side panel color runs along the whole
side rather than stopping at the top/bottom "lip". the actual difference
is arbitrary but I'm going to toy with this for now as I suspect side
colors and panels will be more interesting than top/bottom ones
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this provides a system for interlocking frame walls as separate pieces,
rather than a whole frame box as one piece. the primary motivation for
this was to improve print quality. these pieces can be printed flat side
down, meaning improvements due to:
1. printing the box required the long, thin bottom to be the side on the
print surface, which meant shrinkage force would curl the corners
with essentially no remedy outside of bed adhesive
2. printing the box bottom up created poor circles for the button holes,
sometimes bad enough to be a visible problem, as well as making small
flow glitches to stand out (especially on non-matte PLA)
3. printing the box also required supports when the frame bottom was
inset-style, leading to an annoying post-print step
4. the outward side is now what rests on the print surface, yielding a
nicer, more consistent surface
the box modules still exist in the event someone wants them, but I
personally will probably be focused on this method going forward. this
also opens up some exciting options regarding color mixing, different
side panel shapes, and the like, so I expect to see more of these even
if the boxes don't go away (especially since these new pieces are all
derived from the boxes anyway).
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
yes I keep going back and forth on this, but I think I'm done now that I
have a better frame approach
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this makes the bottom panels have posts, now that the frame is looking
like it will be composed of parts where printing the column hole in this
fashion is not a problem
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this undoes my work to simplify the bottom of the frame and move button
holes in the frames accordingly. the top and bottom are now symmetrical
in terms of their bevel, and the buttons are centered. this will make
the print of the frame difficult again, but I have an upcoming change to
modularize the frame walls and that will print far better, so I'm
thinking this is what I want. testing ongoing
This reverts commit ed031b9308.
This reverts commit f90fc095e0.
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this has two effects:
1. thinner and thicker spacers could be printed to accommodate
preferences without having to reprint panels
2. I'm still testing this a bit, but by not having the spacer and panel
be the same (partially hollow) part, I think the lever clickiness is
a bit more pleasing to the ear
the second point is entirely arbitrary, so the first point is the real
benefit, despite me trying this because of the second
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
this is for the bottom panels to go flush against; without it, there's a
visible gap between the panel edge and the wall cutout space
Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan <bss@incorporeal.org>
