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abdel_fadyl_pefoura_nsangou

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

l_p669

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

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

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

—Eldonb

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