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ebastler / marbastlib

A library collecting MX and Choc style footprints, as well as various other parts used to design custom keyboards
CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive
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Add MX switch step file #25

Open earth75 opened 9 months ago

ebastler commented 9 months ago

Hi! Do you have a source for this step, ideally with permission to use?

I was planning to add full 3d models for stabs and switches eventually, but we are still unsure how to actually handle these models so that they will not significantly slow down and clutter 3d viewer - we need some way to toggle them properly. Once we decided on a course of action, it will be added.

earth75 commented 9 months ago

Hi,

I found a model which looked good and had a low vertex count (No 3D scan or sculpt mesh). Then I edited it so that the dimentions match this spec : https://www.cherrymx.de/en/dev.html

Then I added materials, so it looks better and made sure that it sits flush and centered on the pcb footprint.

It does not affect the framerate so much in the 3d viewer, even with an 1800 keyboard. (And I have a 10-year-old desktop with a SATA drive!) image

HigherOrderLogic commented 8 months ago

Hi, is there any update/progess made for this PR?

ebastler commented 8 months ago

Hi, is there any update/progess made for this PR?

Not really - it would need marv and me to sit down together and decide how to handle 3D models for everything switch-related from now on. Adding them as default on would - imo - clutter the 3D preview too much (and lead to huge loading times). So far we did not find the time to decide.

Once we tackle it, I would like to add stabs and switches for MX and Choc. It might take a while though. Recently all I did for the lib was stuff I needed for a project at hand due to a lack of time. It could use a bunch of tweaks and optimizations in general.

Sorry for that!

HigherOrderLogic commented 8 months ago

Understandable, thanks for your answer!