I continued to work on the hinge of the case as well as add a keyring to the bottom of the silicone case. This was discussed and demonstrated during class, so I recreated it for my own model. In addition to the keyring and hinge, I added some other features, like the lid of the case and the charging hole. But I ran into an error as I was doing the hinge.
So I was following the class recording and everything was fine up until the point I needed to split the solid case body with the pin body. An error came up saying there was no intersection, even though when I extended the pin. Also, when I tried to split the case with the pin body, I unchecked “extend splitting tool” and the red highlighted body did intersect with the case, so I’m not sure why this error popped up.
I decided to move on from the hinge, since I only needed that section as a reference for the outer case. I created the USB-C charging hole in the silicone case by using split for the one on the left, but then I did extrude for the one on the right. The shape of the hole on the left wasn’t accurate to the actual charging hole on the case, so I did another sketch.
The first sketch was just a rectangle and then I used the rectangle to split through the bottom case body. Then I used the fillet to round out the edges, but it didn’t really look like the pill shape. So I tried to create the pill shape by adding two circles intersecting the rectangle. Then I tried to use this sketch as a splitting tool, but I don’t think it was allowed because it’s essentially 3 shapes. So I just extruded into the case, which left a hole, and then I used the fillet to round out the edges.
Next improvements:
- Figure out a way to connect the lid and the bottom of the case. If I leave the back of the case as it is, there will be interference between the hinge and the case. I was thinking of cutting out a hole, or doing something like a strap around the hinge, but I noticed that a lot of dust and other particles collect in the cracks of the case. So I want to do a design where that is protected and that doesn’t happen.
- Create a sort of lip for the front of the silicone lid. Basically, something that extends into the little gap to help make opening the case easier (not sure if this will work though). I did try it out by attaching another body, but I didn’t really like the look of it, so I tried splitting a piece and the press/pull, but it didn’t split correctly.