Light Up LED Acrylic Base

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This is a base I designed for a light-up LED acrylic project. The inspiration behind it came from RCLifeOn's "RCLifeOn 3D Printer to Engraver" tutorial. Unfortunately, he didn't share the dimensions of his files, so I had to recreate them by studying his model images. The base surface is 14 inches wide and 4 inches deep. The top and bottom pieces are each 1.5 inches high, while the middle piece stands at 1 inch tall, making it a total height of 4 inches. This design accommodates a 12-inch square piece of 1/8-inch acrylic or glass. I've included the Solidworks files for you to remix or perfect as needed. The acrylic slides seamlessly through the top piece and into the middle piece, where it sits directly on the LED strip. The wiring for the LED strip light is routed through a cut-out on the right side of the middle piece's channel. Meanwhile, the bottom cut-out area is designed to fit a standard light adapter available on Amazon, which allows you to place the IR receiver in the front cut-out and the female port for the power supply on the right-hand side. To keep all wires hidden, I used a Dremel laser cutter to engrave my acrylic with a custom personal design. However, I blurred out the design to maintain its secrecy. Update: On May 21st, I noticed that the bottom layer needs an update. Specifically, the hole for the IR receiver should be moved to the right side (when facing the front). This change is necessary because, according to the intended design, the controller module that connects the power supply, LED lights, and IR receiver should be mounted as close to the right wall as possible. Unfortunately, when I made this adjustment, the IR receiver cable couldn't reach the original hole location in the design.