Shade for Blackmagic PYXIS Monitor

Introduction

This is my modular sun shade system for the Blackmagic PYXIS Monitor. While the stock foldable shade is perfectly serviceable, it does have a couple of drawbacks for me. Mainly, as the monitor is a touch screen, I find the stock shade to be a bit cramped when trying to use the touch screen. I can remove the sun shade, but that in of itself is a tiny bit fiddly too. 

Another little thing about the PYXIS monitor is it's mounting points. It uses the ARRI Locating pin standard, CORRECTLY, while every other manufacture pretty much doesn't, as it turns out. I ended up using NATO rails which you can use fine without any additional accessories, however with the base portion of my model, I thought it clever to provide some bump-out guides to help align NATO rails. I provide this in 2 sizes, 4.6mm and 6.3mm widths, to accommodate different types of NATO rails. In the hardware section I will provide links to the specific rails I designed around. 

The base portion also has mounting holes for the 4mm mounting points on monitor. I didn't include holes for the locating pins, as the spacing was a bit too tight and I don't really have any accessories I can test it with. I might revisit this at some point. Incidentally, I don't have the official mounting hardware either, so I don't know the compatibility with that. 

Filaments & Hardware

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Featured Filaments:

Bambu PLA Matte Charcoal

Hardware:

4x BT3x5mm Self Taping Screws

4x D6x2mm Round Magnets (This is per a shade and cap)

For the NATO Rails (Optional). These are the ones I designed them around, but it should work with other rails too. 

The 4.3mm base version is designed to fit the Smallrig Universal Low-Profile NATO rails (the 50mm and 70mm versions. Links are to Amazon)

The 6.3mm base version is designed to fit the Smallrig Quick Release NATO rail (The 40mm and 70mm versions. Links are to Amazon) 

Assembly Instructions

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