Introduction

Protocase Designer offers electronics design professionals a whole new way to design and buy custom electronics enclosures. Before Protocase Designer, your enclosure options for low-volume electronics development projects were limited. You could start by buying an off-the-shelf enclosure that is close to what you need and then start hacking holes in it. If you had access to the right sheet-metal shop, you could design an enclosure and have it built for you. But designing, quoting, and waiting for delivery is long and tedious.

We created Protocase Designer to make designing and purchasing custom enclosures fast, easy, and affordable. Within minutes, you can be designing your own enclosure. At any time, you can get pricing for your design. This can save you weeks compared to dealing with conventional old-school metal shops, so you can rapidly cost-optimize your design. Ordering is simple and easy, and there is no minimum order - in fact, we welcome "quantity: one" orders! And finally, Protocase will manufacture your enclosure in 2-3 days.

We invite you to experience the simplicity, speed, and affordability of the Protocase Designer experience by downloading our free software today.

Features

Multi-Platform

• Runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems
• Built on Java platform to provide consistent user interface on all platforms

Real-time 3D Modeling

• Create and manipulate your enclosure in 3D
• Rotate, pan, and zoom to see every feature on your enclosure

Built-in Enclosure Templates

• Pre-built enclosure templates to quickly start your enclosure design
  • 1U Extruded Aluminum Enclosure
  • 5-Sided Enclosure
  • Consolet Enclosure
  • L Shape Enclosure
  • Panel
  • Rackmount Enclosure
  • U Shape Enclosure

Easy Enclosure Customization

• Define basic enclosure parameters including size, thickness, material, and colour
• Drawing tools to indicate cutouts, exclusion zones, construction lines and more
• Extensive cutout library to add common cutouts quickly
• Mounting hardware library for adding hardware such as self-clinching fasteners and handles
• Finish with powder coating, silkscreening, digital printing, and/or dot peening

Instant Quotes and Online Purchasing

• Instant quote generation directly from application
• Easy online purchasing of enclosure

Fast Turnaround

• Order your enclosure and have it shipped in two or three days.

Help Resources

• Built-in form to send questions directly to Technical Support from within the application
• Context-sensitive help for each tool
• Great support from the community and Technical Support in the online forum
• Online resources including a comprehensive user guide in this wiki.