I had to knock this together for a customer to go with the prototype that I've already built that's now headed to the end user. Standard rendering to file, with a yellow gradient background to give it a bit more warmth.

The sheet metal part started out as a shelled tub, and I faked the rips to make it look a bit more realistic.

I could put a lot more details in, including fans, connectors and fasteners, but it isn't necessary for the time being. The yellow chromate colored housing has wall, pocket and hole features in the interior that are worth finishing as I can use it later for machining, though I covered it with a lid for this rendering.

tom

SharkFX 5.5

Since I posted, the project has been in limbo while the electronics is being sorted (RF issues), so I haven't put any more time into the models or renderings. It looks like I'll need to machine another housing next week, and then finish up the mechanical design w/drawings for the customer. With a little luck, I'll update this and render it in Maxwell after Thanksgiving.

tom

Yeah, I posted this as an example of SharkFX sort-of-but-not-sheetmetal capabilities. I'm thinking version 6.0 will be good to us.

tom