I spent this session bringing all the separate components into Fusion 360 to do a complete test fit. I pulled in models for the Raspberry Pi, the battery pack, my custom PCB, the Arduino Mega, and all the smaller hardware bits to see how they actually fit inside the chassis. The great news is that there’s a ton of extra room left inside the rover bed, which is going to make routing the wires incredibly easy.

After locking down the fitment, I moved the entire assembly over to Blender. I honestly just find Blender a lot more comfortable to work with than Fusion 360, and it let me see how the rover looks under different lighting and environments. I ended up spending some time assigning materials and setting up a few really cool teaser renders that I can start sharing. They’re just teasers for now, but I plan on spending more time later creating both high-end graphical shots and proper engineering renders.