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Back to the switch project for a bit.
It looks like the lip on the back of the case is about 15mm deep, and thick enough that I probably can't fit a 40mm fan inside it.
So I might potentially need up to a 15mm deep air duct on the output side of the fan.
Which is problematic because as of now I only have the fan recessed 7mm into the PCB so I might have to add another 8.
Which will interfere with some back side components so they'll have to move. Yay.
Also protocase designer folks - your cad software is horrifically slow, don't make me bring out VTune and NSight and profile your renderer for you... I have too much other stuff to do and don't need to get nerdsniped on that lol.
@azonenberg you’re very patient if you can use it at all! Last I used it, it was all Java behind the scenes.
@aholtzma Well SolveSpace can't handle sheet metal bending at all, FreeCAD was still a disaster last time i tried it, and all of the big-name stuff like NX/SolidWorks/Inventor/Catia is Windows only and very expensive.
Despite all of its warts and horrid performance it a) does work, b) costs me nothing, and c) runs on Linux.
So for now it's my only option and I just have to tolerate it.
@aholtzma It absolutely does turn into a slide show when you import a bunch of PCB step models even if you heavily simplify them