This is the repository for the design of the baseplates.
The STLs and links for buying parts are only provided in APP_LIGHTSHEET_Workshop to avoid confusion.
Baseplates serve as a spine of any setup you build using the cubes. The basic unit has a size of 1×1. The 5 mm ballmagnets are inserted in the baseplate.
Most useful baseplates are 4×1, 4×2 and 4×4. But any size or shape can be concatenated. For better stability, the printed baseplate can be screwed to a Thorlabs breadboard, optical table or a wooden board.
The baseplates can be also concatenated in 90° using the Baseplate Connector. This allows you to build setups in 3D!
In STL you find the following baseplates. Choose the size that will be the best for your setup:
- [Assembly_base_4x1]
- [Assembly_base_4x4]
Further, you find there:
- [10_Base_v2] - a single baseplate unit. Use it to create assemblies and generate baseplates of different size and shape.
- [00_Connector_Baseplate] - as mentioned above, the connector allows you to build setups in 3D
- [Assembly_Base_Connector_4] - lenght of 4 baseplate units
- Ballmagnets (four magnets per baseplate unit) - 5 mm diameter
- All parts for this model. Here, v0 parts are shown, but the principle of the baseplate assembly haven't changed.
- Place the magnets on the screws and center the cube on the Base
- Apply some force to press-fit the magnets into their corresponding holes. Hint: Do it one by one, always putting most pressure on one corner
- Done!
