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Day: April 5, 2012

  • KG-UV3D GPS+Voice: Battery Pack Alignment Lugs

    The bottom end of Wouxun KG-UV3D battery packs have an intricate set of lugs and ramps:

    Wouxun KG-UV3D - battery base
    Wouxun KG-UV3D – battery base

    Those features mate with this set of holes and planes on the bottom of the radio:

    Wouxun KB-UV3D - base features
    Wouxun KB-UV3D – base features

    Which requires making something like this:

    HT-GPS Case - base plate
    HT-GPS Case – base plate

    Which attaches to the base of the GPS+Voice case:

    HT-GPS Adapter Case - Base view
    HT-GPS Adapter Case – Base view

    Which came out quite nicely:

    HT-GPS Case - base plate
    HT-GPS Case – base plate

    The trick is to extrude a chunk of the main case shape, then subtract this angular doodad:

    HT-GPS Case - radio base shape
    HT-GPS Case – radio base shape

    Then slice off the angular parts to suit (the purple objects represent volumes that will be subtracted from the gray part):

    HT-GPS Case - base plate - construction
    HT-GPS Case – base plate – construction

    Most of the heavy lifting happened with that version, but this one fits better…