{"id":31044,"date":"2022-06-21T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=31044"},"modified":"2022-06-21T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T14:57:03","slug":"making-small-scale-electronic-devices-solidworks-live-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2022\/06\/making-small-scale-electronic-devices-solidworks-live-design.html","title":{"rendered":"Making Small Scale Electronic Devices &#8211; SOLIDWORKS Live Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31043 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design-615x346.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520-20introimage20-20solidworks-soundboard-design-728x410.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOLIDWORKS Champion, maker, podcast host, and Guinness World Record holder Kirby Downey demonstrates how you can tackle impressively cool projects (such as making your own soundboard) using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/lp\/3dexperience-solidworks-offers\">SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/product\/3d-sculptor\">3D Sculptor<\/a>. We got to learn tips about prioritization, leveraging available libraries\/resources (for example, to integrate mostly prewritten code and circuit boards), and modeling techniques that can be applied to almost any project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Make Your Own Soundboard - SOLIDWORKS LIVE Design - Episode 4 (2022)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NsmKSF2T7gs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LIVE Design is great for showcasing passions, especially with user guests. In this post, we\u2019re taking a look at various highlights from Kirby\u2019s episode in some detail. In this particular episode, Kirby shares his inspiration for making a custom soundboard for his podcast. Of course, there&#8217;s more to making something than just software. In this episode, Kirby shows how he navigated the online resources and products to make his soundboard within a reasonable timeline and budget \u2013 even before he got to designing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/220_20solidworks-electronics-maker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31042\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/220_20solidworks-electronics-maker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"851\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/220_20solidworks-electronics-maker.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/220_20solidworks-electronics-maker-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/220_20solidworks-electronics-maker-615x346.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/220_20solidworks-electronics-maker-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/220_20solidworks-electronics-maker-728x410.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/320_20solidworks-buttons-maker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31041 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/320_20solidworks-buttons-maker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/320_20solidworks-buttons-maker.jpg 854w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/320_20solidworks-buttons-maker-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/320_20solidworks-buttons-maker-615x346.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/320_20solidworks-buttons-maker-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/320_20solidworks-buttons-maker-728x409.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But of course, with this being \u201cSOLIDWORKS\u201d LIVE Design, we also learned how Kirby designed the keys&#8217; basic shape before creating the soundboard&#8217;s exterior. The shapes and dimensions of the keys are important because the body must be sized around them, and the keys must protrude from the body to be operable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/420_203d-sculptor-xshape-design.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31040\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/420_203d-sculptor-xshape-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/420_203d-sculptor-xshape-design.jpg 854w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/420_203d-sculptor-xshape-design-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/420_203d-sculptor-xshape-design-615x346.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/420_203d-sculptor-xshape-design-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/420_203d-sculptor-xshape-design-728x409.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Kirby references the SOLIDWORKS model, he jumps into the xShape app to create a beautiful, swoopy design for the exterior. This xShape design can be opened later in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD as needed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520_203d-sculptor-xshape-solidworks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31039\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520_203d-sculptor-xshape-solidworks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520_203d-sculptor-xshape-solidworks.jpg 854w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520_203d-sculptor-xshape-solidworks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520_203d-sculptor-xshape-solidworks-615x346.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520_203d-sculptor-xshape-solidworks-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/520_203d-sculptor-xshape-solidworks-728x409.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kirby makes some cuts through the exterior to enable the wires to plug into the soundboard electronics so the soundboard can function. It\u2019s important to note here: Kirby utilizes the Export feature in the 3D Sculptor\u2019s xShape app to make the model body more portable. But keeping xApp and SOLIDWORKS designs synced natively by opening\/saving through a simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/lp\/solidworks-cloud-solutions-2019\"><strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE\u00ae<\/a> connector inside SOLIDWORKS is most advantageous \u2013 especially when using the two in production!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/620_20solidworks-soundboard-design.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31038\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/620_20solidworks-soundboard-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"718\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/620_20solidworks-soundboard-design.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/620_20solidworks-soundboard-design-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/620_20solidworks-soundboard-design-615x346.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Kirby demonstrates both his custom-made soundboard and a larger scale purchased soundboard (purchased once he felt confident that soundboards were here to stay on his podcast).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more of Kirby\u2019s designs, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirbydowney.com\">kirbydowney.com<\/a>. Also, listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TheCOREpodcast\">The CORE Podcast<\/a>, where SOLIDWORKS Champions Kirby and Jonny Harrison discuss design, making, and other cool topics.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/solidworks\">subscribe to our SOLIDWORKS YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0for more live stream content, and check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/live.solidworks.com\/\">www.live.solidworks.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information on previous and upcoming streams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLIDWORKS Champion Kirby Downey demonstrates how you can tackle making small-scale electronic devices (such as soundboards) using SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and 3D Sculptor.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2022\/06\/making-small-scale-electronic-devices-solidworks-live-design.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":31043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3031,11,3030,35],"tags":[2844,2967,889,3028,3029,2905],"class_list":["post-31044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3dexperience-works","category-design","category-solidworks-live","category-tips-tricks","tag-3d-sculptor","tag-3dexperience-solidworks","tag-solidworks","tag-solidworks-live-design","tag-sub-d-modeling","tag-xshape"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31044"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31053,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31044\/revisions\/31053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}