Enclosure Pro

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timsamoff

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(You will see lots of cross-posts around the internet today, so apologies up front.)

Hey, I'm Tim from Circuitous FX (https://www.instagram.com/circuitous.fx/)

I’m extremely excited to announce the initial release of Enclosure Pro!

Enclosure Pro is a precision drill-hole layout tool for effect-pedal enclosures. It’s available for Windows, Mac & Linux. I’ve been working on this for months, addressing a long-standing pain point in the pedal-building process.

Features:
- Popular enclosure sizes
- Centered grid lines
- Multi-side design views
- Drag & drop components
- Metric & imperial units
- Print-ready blueprint export

Video Overview:

It’s completely free! If you find it useful, you can support development with a donation. 🙏🏼

This is just version 1. More features, new enclosures (including wedge & amp-top styles), and updates are coming! I’d love your feedback.

Download it now! 🚀

🔗 https://samoff.com/enclosure-pro/
 
This is cool! Is there a function for different knobs? For example I like to use big 1" diameter MXR knobs on some of my pedals, and I have to space out the holes for the pots to fit the big knobs. Maybe there could be an overlay for the pot holes that would show a tracing of the knob as well. Common ones like a few sizes of Boss knobs, small and big MXR, and fun stuff like Delta and Cupcake.

Also, it would be neat if it showed how much space each pot occupied inside the enclosure. For example, in your demo you put the in/out jacks in a space that isn't likely to work with the bodies of 16mm pots. It would be super cool if there was some kind of "interference warning" when the program detected two components are taking up the same space inside the enclosure, such as a pot and an enclosed jack. And maybe a "red zone" that displays for example on the side of the enclosure to indicate the locations of other components that are going to be within the same space as the component you are trying to place.
 
Thanks, very useful software. As above, it would be even more amazing if it could trace or indicate the internal dimension of common components. I would definitely use this to plan out compact 1590LB projects.
 
Incredible stuff!

And the ideas here are great too. I could see this becoming a standard tool for pedal-building, especially if Tayda would accept an import from it.

Some small suggestions:
  • Allowing custom enclosure sizes, as not all 125Bs are created equal
  • Accounting for the enclosure wall thickness, which also varies by enclosure
  • Accounting for extra screw bosses in larger enclosures, like 1590DDs, that impact where you can drill through
  • Allowing the use of middle mouse for moving the canvas (more intuitive for me at least)
  • The overlay of common knob sizes on top of pots mentioned above would be killer to have
  • Being able to have components shown "inside" the enclosure to avoid drilling into PCBs, etc. as mentioned above would be great too!
Great work!!! And Linux support :D
 
Thanks for all of the suggestions everyone! If you could use the feedback form in the site, it’d be helpful for logging all of them.

I’m working on internal dimensions. External dimensions might have to be handled another way — I’ll think about it.

This is meant to be an extremely simple tool, so some things may be better suited for more complex tools.

I love all of this feedback!

- Tim
 
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After some thinking…

I think that the grid (which is mathematically correct) is good enough to determine wall widths and screw bosses. I’m not sure the work needed to implement those features is worth it.

In terms of internal/external component sizes, would having additional elements to place on the screen help? For instance, there could be a “Utilities” section in the Components menu that different pot/switch/knob sizes that you could place around the drill holes. Would that work for you?
 
timsamoff said:
In terms of internal/external component sizes, would having additional elements to place on the screen help? For instance, there could be a “Utilities” section in the Components menu that different pot/switch/knob sizes that you could place around the drill holes. Would that work for you?
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Personally, I think would work great. The extra items don't even need to end up on the final print, just be of accurate size so drill hole position can be determined.
 
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