SOLIDWORKS: Designing for Consumer Electronics

2h 18mIntermediate2021-01-22

Authors

Johno Ellison

Design Engineer specializing in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD modeling

Course details

Consumer electronics are all around us, and new products are created every year. In this course, instructor Johno Ellison teaches the basics of designing these items in SOLIDWORKS. Through this project-based course, he shows you how to design a game controller using SOLIDWORKS features like lofts, fillets, mirroring, and shell. Course projects include creating an assembly, adding fastening details, and even creating the buttons, joystick, and printed circuit board that go into the controller. Johno concludes with a discussion of development and potential next stages in the design process.

Skills covered

SOLIDWORKSDassaultManufacturingProduct and Industrial DesignProduct and ManufacturingDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

Introduction to designing for consumer electronics
What you should know and working with the files in this course

Designing for Consumer Electronics

Designing for consumer electronics

Creating the Controller Shape

Create the initial controller shape
Sketch loft profiles for a handgrip
Use lofts to make a flowing grip
Smooth the controller grip using fillets
Add the second half using mirroring
Add button and joystick pads
Hollow out the model using the shell feature

Splitting the Shell and Creating an Assembly

Split the controller into two halves
Create an assembly

Develop the Controller Shells Further

Add fastening details
Finish the standoffs
Add ribs to the rear half
Add ribs to the front half

Create the PCB Model

Create the PCB model
Add the PCB to the assembly
Cut away a space to fit the PCB within the assembly

Add Buttons

Model the buttons
Add the buttons to the assembly
Create the D-Pad buttons
Add the D-Pad buttons to the assembly
Model and add the center buttons

Add Joysticks

Model the joystick
Insert the joystick and adjust main case

Next Steps

Next steps