Raspberry Pi Zero Case

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I've created my first design and printed several cases from Thingiverse, but I haven't seen this simple design on the site before. I've purchased multiple cases from Pimoroni and Adafruit for my Raspberry Pi 3 and Pi Zero. With twenty Pi Zeros acquired for my classes in Papua New Guinea, I had to come up with custom cases for them. My favorite laser-cut Pi Zero case is the one I bought from Adafruit (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2883). Using engineering drawings from https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/mechanical/README.md, I recreated this design for 3D printing. Some older Pi Zero boards have soldered tags for the Mini HDMI port on the back side, so I included slots in the Pi Zero Base.stl file. Newer Pi Zero and all Pi Zero W boards are flush on the back side and don't require the slots. I've also produced versions with the Raspberry Pi logo from WarHawk8080 (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2545778). I printed the case in PLA, PETG, and ABS materials. The open, honeycomb effect is created by setting top and bottom layers to zero in your slicer and using a 20% honeycomb infill pattern. I like this design and believe it will allow better cooling of the Pi Zero. The holes are for 3mm bolts as they're usually easier to find than the 2.5mm that the Pi is designed for. You can either carefully drill out the mounting holes of your Pi Zero to 3.2mm or run a 3mm tap through them and screw in the nylon bolts. I've had no problems with either method, but I'm not responsible if you break or crack your Pi Zero board, drill a hole in your hand, or cause any other damage by following my advice. The SketchUp files are included for any tinkerers out there to modify and use as they see fit.