Cutaway View
Cutaway closeup of cable channel
Top Front View of mouse shelf and cable channel
Bottom View of cable channel
Top = front
Top = front
Side View
Front View
With stand-in mouse volume
Design for Manufacture
Human Factors Design
Ergonomics
CAD
Additive Manufacturing
The front half of the cable channel features progressively steeper curves, gently beveled to guide the mouse cable through from a variety of entry angles. And the back half of the cable channel features straighter, more steeply angled walls that consistently guide the cable out without snagging.
I could have opted for a much wider cable channel with a large gap, but I 1) wanted to maximize the surface the mouse sits on and 2) support a broad range of mouse sizes.
The final design features an additional cubby sized for a small notebook or hard drive
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