Making the case

As we have now created a dimensionally accurate model of our mobile device, we have a collection of shapes to work from as we move on to making the case.

Making a copy of the phone model

The first thing we want to do is to make a copy of the phone model, as shown in Figure 20.13:

Figure 20.13: Copying the phone model to start the case

We can place one copy off to the side of the Workplane area, as shown in Figure 20.13, or hide it, as discussed in Chapter 4. With the other copy, we can set the main Box shape of the phone model to Solid, and then dimension this shape to be slightly larger than the Hole Box shape we had made to represent our phone, as shown in Figure 20.14:

Figure 20.14: Modeling the case body

This Box shape will serve as the body for our case, and the difference in size between the larger Solid box and the original Hole box will equal the wall thickness of the case. For example, if I want...