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abdel_fadyl_pefoura_nsangou
abdel_fadyl_pefoura_nsangou Posts: 2 ✭
in Community Support

can anyone help me? I'd like to build this chip tray for a project

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  • l_p669
    l_p669 Posts: 11 ✭

    Your approach will vary a lot based on your specific needs:

    • How accurately you want to represent it.
      Do you need to model the wire
      Is just the general idea of "walls with tons of squares punched out" enough?
    • Is it being modeled for output/printing?

    If you go through the onshape tutorial "Onshape fundamentals" you should be able to make a simple version of this: https://learn.onshape.com/learning-paths/onshape-fundamentals

  • scott_willis165
    scott_willis165 Posts: 20 ✭✭
    edited May 2025

    Need to know how you are going to build it — what kind of tools and materials are available to you? — and what level of resources are you willing to dedicate to the task?

    • Will you be wrapping support wire and welded mesh around a form, and brazing or spot-welding?
      • Do you have access to a spot welder?
    • 3D printing it (will be very weak, unless e.g. you print the sides flat then join them)?
    • Using individual wires (would take forever)?
    • Thin plywood and a laser cutter?

    The specific product in the picture you attached is in the '$500k..$1M to build a semi-automated production line, then $0.35 each' category.

  • eldon_brown
    eldon_brown Posts: 50 ✭✭

    OK, . . . I just had to model it for fun.

    —Eldonb

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7e30168f7b26e3335939e859/w/16bfd4d58bb20ab5261bdbec/e/9ba72fe336ad37f71f15c4e0?renderMode=0&uiState=682ad02c84e522147fd39b95

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