Technical drawing case

Intoduction and how to use it

The case can contain a variety of tools thank to the inserts, it can be proud of the transparent design that let see the inserts.

I've designed it for my school desk: It's always annoying to take all the tools, take the paper and tidy up all the desk and It's also super slow and uncomfortable. So I designed two side that can fit together thank to a blocking part and a clip part, in one side there are the tools that I use the most so I put in on the desk, I lift it a bit and I use some cubes under the trasparent part to mantain the position (in my vision, I have the paper on the half of the desk near me and on the other one I have this part of the case with the tools). If I need the tools I use the less I just pick them from the side of the case that I leave on the ground. The side of the case that stays on the ground also has some inserts to host a block of sheet of 33x48cm papers.

What you need 

• Files of "Main usage..." and "Secondary usage..." folders 3d printed 

• Files of "Back transparent" 3d printed two times

• Glue (or even better some kind of appropriate solvent welding agents)

Assembling guide

Summary of the process

You'll start building the transparent part on the back of the case (the most external part) twice. Then you'll continue assembling the main usage part (the side of the case where there are the most useful tools), after that you'll build the secondary usage part (the side of the case where there are the less useful tools). You'll finish assembling all the parts previously built. (The names of the parts used in the Assembling guide are the names of the respective files).

Transparent back assembly

Now take all the 3d printed parts from the folder "Transparent back" and put them on your desk, take some glue (or even better some kind of appropriate solvent welding agents) and let's start!

1) Glue together Piece 1 and Piece 2, sliding them through the appropriate connections:

2) Glue the formed part (Pieces 1&2) with Piece 3, sliding them through the appropriate connections:

3) Now,  glue Piece 4 and Piece 5 together, sliding them through the appropriate connections:

4) The next step is to glue the formed part (Pieces 4&5) and Piece 6 togheter, sliding them through the appropriate connections:

5) To finish the first transparent back part you need to glue together the parts previously formed (Pieces 1&2&3 and Pieces 4&5&6), sliding them through the appropriate connections:

The result should be:

Now you need to repeat the process to create another transparent back. When you have made these put them aside and continue the guide. 

Main usage side assembly

The next step of the assembling guide is the assembly of the side of the case with the most used tools, so take all the 3d printed parts from the "Main usage side" folder then keep going with the guide.

1) To start, glue together Piece 1 to Piece 2 in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

2) Now glue the formed part (piece 1&2) and Piece 3 together in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

3) Glue Piece 4 to Piece 5 in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

4) Glue the formed part (piece 3&4) and Piece 5 together in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces): 

5) To finish the Main usage side you need to glue together the two formed part (piece 1&2&3 and piece 4&5&6) in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

It should look like this:

Now, put this part aside and continue the guide assembling the last part.

Secondary usage side assembly

To make the last part, you have to take all the 3d printed parts from the "Secondary usage side" folder and assemble them continuing the guide.

1) To start, glue together Piece 1 to Piece 2 in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

2) Now glue the formed part (piece 1&2) and Piece 3 together in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

3) Glue Piece 4 to Piece 5 in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

4) Glue the formed part (piece 3&4) and Piece 5 together in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces): 

5) To finish the Main usage side you need to glue together the two formed part (piece 1&2&3 and piece 4&5&6) in the right position (understandable from the shapes of the two pieces):

It should look like this:

Formed parts assembly

After waiting for the glue to dry or the welding agent to finish the reaction, take all the parts formed on your work station to complete your technical drawing case. 

1) First, glue the formed part from the "Main usage side" folder to one of the two transparent backs:

2) To finish, do the same thing with the formed part from the "Secondary usage side" folder and the remaining transparent back: 

They should look like this: