A 3D model of a small housing for your sensor or module, with openings for air, light or a cable and a mount

Example result

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A case for an 85 × 56 mm board with openings for its ports

The base and the lid, ready to print side by side

Seen from above

Size: the case is 92 × 63 × 26 mm. There are two parts, the base and the lid, laid 8 mm apart. Files:

• model.stl and model.3mf for printing;
• model.obj and model.glb;
• outline.dxf;
• model.js, with the board's size, its holes and every opening as named numbers at the top;
• a README.

The README tells you to check the openings against your board before printing. The lid's lip has a 0.3 mm gap, so it sits on without force.

Client: a hobbyist building a small home server on a single-board computer. Task: a case for a board of 85 × 56 mm with four M2.5 holes 3.5 mm from its edges. It needs three openings on the long side for two USB ports and a network port, two on the short side for power and video, and a lid with vent slots that sits on with a lip.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

A 3D model of a small housing for a sensor or module of your project: a temperature and humidity sensor, a motion sensor, a light sensor, a small radio module or the board that reads them. It has a base with posts for the module's screws, a lid, a window or holes where the sensor must see out or take in air, an entry for the cable and, in Premium, tabs to fix it to a wall or a stand. You give the module's size and mounting holes, where its sensing part is and which way it should face, and the cable's diameter. You get a ZIP archive with STL, 3MF, OBJ, GLB, a DXF outline, the code with the sizes at the top, a README with printing advice and pictures from four sides. It is for low-voltage modules only, with no mains voltage inside. The housing is not waterproof and has no rating, so outdoors it needs a sheltered place. We do not promise how it affects readings.

What is included

• What you getA ZIP archive with model.stl and model.3mf for 3D printing, model.obj for 3D editors, model.glb for viewing on the web and in augmented reality, outline.dxf with the outline seen from above, model.js with the module's size, its holes and the sensor window as named numbers at the top, a README with printing advice and 4 PNG pictures from four sides, also shown on the order page. The base and the lid lie side by side, ready to print separately.
• A window for the sensorWhere the sensing part must see out, on the side you choose
• Air inVentilation slots for air sensors, from Standard
• Cable entryAn opening sized to your cable's diameter
• MountingPosts for the module in every package; wall tabs or a stand in Premium
• A fit gap and solid walls0.2-0.4 mm between the base and the lid, walls of at least 1.2 mm

How it works

1. 1
   Module sizesYou send the module's size, holes, the sensing part and the cable
2. 2
   3D modelWe build the 3D model and check that it is a closed solid of the sizes you asked for
3. 3
   Try the boardYou check the pictures and the README and print the base first to try the board in it
4. 4
   ChangesYou send what to change, with measurements, within your package

What we need from you

What the sensor or module is, and a link to its published drawing if there is one. Its length, width and height in mm, its mounting holes from one corner, and where the sensing part is: the lens of a motion sensor, the opening of an air sensor, the window of a light sensor. Which side it must face. The cable's diameter and where it comes in, and any other board inside, with its sizes. Where the housing goes: on a wall, a ceiling, a shelf or in a sheltered place outdoors, and how it is fixed. The material, if you know it.

We will ask you:

• Which sensor or module?
• Its size and holes, in mm
• Where must it see out or take in air?
• Cable and mounting
• Your printer and material

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