Re:A few additional points (Score 1)

Thanks for the great info! I think part of my problem is I am not a case designer and we don't have anyone on the project that really is. Right now we have all the hardware working, such as 3" display, the motherboard, cpu, battery all these things. The things we don't know and maybe some of these machine shops have consulting for this is how to build a case. If we mockup a general drawing of the device, are they knowledgable to insert whatever supports are needed to hold the boards and plugs and battery and what not if we give them dimensions? I think us designing how things are actually attached to the case would be a mistake as we have no experience in this sort of thing. We have the hardware, we just need to take it to the next step :) Thanks so much everyone for your comments!