If only scalpers didn’t scoop up every unit
I think valve typically has pretty good scalper protection. Was that not the case this time?
Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
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Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Imagine if everybody did this. You break some stupid plastic part on something? No need to throw it away, just print an exact replacement on the spot. Or maybe tweak it first so it's less flimsy then print the replacement.
Sounds like this is just the external dimensions? That's mostly just useful for creating accessories. That's not too special, Apple does this too. https://developer.apple.com/accessories/dimensional-drawings...
Those PDFs are useless.
If you want a purple Steam Controller, you can load Valve's STL into your favorite slicer, 3D print a new shell, transplant the electronics, and you're done.
If you want a purple MacBook, could you do the same with those Apple PDFs?
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
> These days it's hard to tell Is it really? I go to my "local" second-hand marketplace and I see countless of listings for the new Valve Controller. I think it's fair to say most of those aren't "Ops, I made a purchase and I can't return it" but most likely being scalpers. No doubt, some of them are fake as well, but regardless, tends to be fairly easy to see when things are being scalped or if it's actually just hi…
I understand but you don't know how many people got one to keep it compared to how many just resell it.
> but you don't know how many people got one to keep it compared to how many just resell it
But you do? If someone puts it up on second-hand markets, they're not intending to keep it, they're intending to resell it, why put it up otherwise?
Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sounds like this is just the external dimensions? That's mostly just useful for creating accessories. That's not too special, Apple does this too. https://developer.apple.com/accessories/dimensional-drawings...
Those PDFs are useless. If you want a purple Steam Controller, you can load Valve's STL into your favorite slicer, 3D print a new shell, transplant the electronics, and you're done. If you want a purple MacBook, could you do the same with those Apple PDFs?
No, you can't, because it doesn't include any internal topology.
> This repository contains CAD files for the external shell (surface topology) of Steam Controller and the Steam Controller Puck
Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gabe better be immortal.
I really wish the company would talk more about the post-Gabe transition, or at least begin to give us a rough indication of where the company plans to go. Those of us who have been customers over 20 years often have a pretty significant investment in Steam content, and Gabe is getting old.
AFAIK his son has been working there for quite a while and is the heir apparent.
Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
#36"FILE_DESCRIPTION((''),'2;1'); FILE_NAME('IBEX_SOLID','2025-11-20T09:57:55',('stevec'),(''), 'CREO PARAMETRIC BY PTC INC, 2020454','CREO PARAMETRIC BY PTC INC, 2020454','');" Glad to see that valve is using the best CAD software :)
Using a data schema standard that was withdrawn in 2005.
Nothing wrong with AP203, it has the most support in other software's.
Obviously AP214 would be nice for colors but the model is probably shrink-wrapped (AP242 is not needed, nobody needs PMI)
Just because it was withdrawn in 2005 does not exclude its wide use in industry
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#37Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
#38More companies should do this when they discontinue hardware. The community will keep it alive longer than you ever would, and it costs you nothing.
This is the brand new Steam Controller though, not the old, discontinued one.
Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Using a data schema standard that was withdrawn in 2005.
Nothing wrong with AP203, it has the most support in other software's. Obviously AP214 would be nice for colors but the model is probably shrink-wrapped (AP242 is not needed, nobody needs PMI) Just because it was withdrawn in 2005 does not exclude its wide use in industry
They are not even using the newest version of AP203.
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Re: Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
#40Even if Valve and Steam is great and overall a blessing for the PC space, I don't like the direction they take with this controller. It only works with Steam, it can't work on a desktop OS without it, despite standard layout. It is a subtle move towards a walled garden.
Kinda. SteamOS is open source, so it's not really walled.
It's possible they deferred making generic drivers to release faster and those will come out later,kinda like steamOS windows drivers came out later