{"id":755,"date":"2010-10-03T03:55:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T03:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=755"},"modified":"2010-10-02T23:57:28","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T23:57:28","slug":"cad-based-optomechanics-mock-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/03\/cad-based-optomechanics-mock-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"CAD-based optomechanics mock-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sw2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Custom design by SL Smith\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-762\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sw2.png 600w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/sw2-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nI use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/\">SolidWorks<\/a> to design custom parts for my rigs. Many times, these parts mate with existing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorlabs.com\/\">Thorlabs<\/a> parts. Fortunately, Thorlabs offers SolidWorks files that can be directly added to an assembly to ensure everything fits. It&#8217;s easy to fix relationships between parts (e.g., force a part to slide along posts in the cage system), and determine how everything fits together.<\/p>\n<p>In the screenshot above, some of you probably recognize the Thorlabs cubes, like Darcy was talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/optomechanics-for-a-custom-2p-uncaging-rig\/\">recently<\/a>, which are so handy. Here, I use one as a enclosure for a dichroic flipper (custom designed in SolidWorks, then <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/17\/tips-for-3d-printing\/\">3D printed<\/a>), and another in the collection pathway.<\/p>\n<p>Thorlabs recently broke ground on a new corporate headquarters in New Jersey. They&#8217;re clearly doing a lot of things right. I like their easy-to-navigate website, fast shipping, and how they share a lot of technical information on their parts (including the SolidWorks files of the parts as mentioned in this post).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nI use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/\">SolidWorks<\/a> to design custom parts for my rigs. Many times, these parts mate with existing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorlabs.com\/\">Thorlabs<\/a> parts. Fortunately, Thorlabs offers SolidWorks files that can be directly&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/03\/cad-based-optomechanics-mock-ups\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[9,14,16,15],"class_list":["post-755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-tips","tag-3d-printing","tag-construction","tag-machining","tag-optics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}