Steam :: Steam Hardware :: Steam Controller and Puck CAD files now available!
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Greetings! We have exciting news to share for those of you who want to hack, mod, or design accessories for the Steam Controller and Puck.  Today we're making the CAD files for the external shell (surface topology) of Steam Controller and Puck available for download under a Creative Commons license. This includes an STP model of each, an STL model of each, and an engineering drawing with critical features/keep outs for each.  You can find the files here. We can't wait to see what you all...
  • tiberius@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Sometimes you want someone else to do it. I added a 2nd SSD to my laptop a few years back. It resulted in a new drive and a few broken plastic tabs.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Did you not know that you might damage something if you open it? If someone told you that, would you have taken it to a professional?

      • tiberius@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        For a screen or CPU replacement, yes. For memory, no. Gotta break what’s not broken to fix something.

        • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          This is not a screen or CPU or memory, this is the exterior shell. It’s like removing the cover from the back of your laptop.

          • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml
            2·
            2 days ago

            And what would be the reason to open up the shell in the first place? To mess with the electronics inside. Which is only recommended to people that know what they are doing because of the risk to break it.

            • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              And what would be the reason to open up the shell in the first place?

              There’s no reason to speculate, they spell this out plainly in the OP:

              Feel free to use these to make your own Puck holders, Controller sweaters, or whatever else you want to create!

              • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml
                2·
                2 days ago

                You don’t need to open the shell and access the internals if you are making a controller sweater and it wouldn’t void your warranty. That is not what Valve is warning about. They ask you to not fuck with the internals unless you know what you are doing.

                • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  You don’t need to open the shell and access the internals if you are making a controller sweater

                  Yes, that was indeed my point, thank you.

                  That is not what Valve is warning about.

                  …its exactly what they’re warning about. You should really read the content in the OP before commenting on it.

                  • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml
                    3·
                    1 day ago

                    or whatever else you want to create!

                    You understand that you can use CAD files to make custom internal components too, right? It’s not only for making skins or cosmetic surface changes.

                    You can 3D print an entire new shell for the controller but replacing the shell requires that you remove all of the components to then put them back in to the new shell. And that I would consider advanced. Not recommended for people that do not know what they are doing.