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Title: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
Post by: Hadriencollider on Thu, 18 April 2019, 20:09:01

I'm trying to make 3D models of Cherry profile keycaps (Alphas, modifiers and numpad keys) in Autocad but I keep coming up short in my search for dimensioned drawings. I've found a couple but one was modified for 3D printing use and the other was not fully dimensioned.

How are you fellow/budding keycap designers able to model them when information seems so scarce? Did you have to take the measurements of the keycaps yourself and work with that info?

Any help or pointers would be much appreciated and sorry if this has been asked before. I'm pretty new to all this.

Title: Re: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
Post by: Hadriencollider on Fri, 19 April 2019, 21:07:16

101+ views and no replies. It must truly be a mystery. Guess I'll have to figure this one out myself.

Title: Re: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
Post by: Puddsy on Fri, 19 April 2019, 23:32:52

i saw some at some point but i can't seem to find them at this exact moment

Title: Re: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 19 April 2019, 23:50:07

Quote from: Hadriencollider on Thu, 18 April 2019, 20:09:01

you have to take the measurements of the keycaps yourself and work with that info

Title: Re: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
Post by: ErgoMacros on Sat, 20 April 2019, 01:21:41

I just used Google, searched for: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
and it returned:    https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47039.0

Maybe that's a start?

Title: Re: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
Post by: romevi on Sat, 20 April 2019, 01:27:07

Google "perfection." Might be easier.

Title: Re: Cherry profile keycap dimensions?
Post by: iso on Wed, 08 May 2019, 02:43:43

You can download CAD/printable model Cherry MX
Or import the model on your favourite 3d program, measure, compare, modify.

https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=cherry+mx&dwh=445cd287fe23969