3d printable back for the aqua fish
 

hello
can someone help me i dont really like the orange look on the awua fish(it gets boring after a while) can someone make like a 3d printable model that'd just snap in place in place of the aqua fish's back?

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Yes, that is indeed a great idea. Transparent back cover would be nice

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also it'd make life way more easier as along with having colour variety wont need to worry about it breaking or getting dirty/discolourated
(btw im not talking about a case/cover im talking about the backplate from the phone's housing tough a back cover's cool too i guess)

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Not so difficult to design in Solidworks or OpenSCAD, but just so you know 3D printing resolution for the plastics you really want nylon/ABS are limited and making a cover which snaps on vs one held with screws can be tricky and will almost surely require some post processing with acetone and some grinding; even then the strength will not be even 1/3 of an injection molded part.
If you could make technical drawings with all of the minkowski circle to rectangle combinations angles etc for the edges and where the snap lugs are I could throw you a prototype if you have access to a 3d printer. I need measurements accurate down to at least 1/10th of a mm. You can hand draw pretty badly and photograph just so I get an idea, the only important thing is the measurements and angles are correct. In fact you can post them here and if I do not check this thread for a while PM me.

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The problem is creating stl-file.
For Jolla 1, Jolla has piblished the TOH- stl,
so everybody could make/purchase TOHs from this stl-File.

For Jolla C / Intex - somebody need to create it.

Re: 3d printable back for the aqua fish
 

for now im on the lookout for suitable plastic plates so that i can make like a colour mish mash of the orange from the original plate with a white one im thinking along these lines for now

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The offer still stands, do all measurements post them here and I can design and upload a .stl file and the OpenSCAD code here and to thingiverse.com
Review with a 3D model viewer and post any edits that need to be made.
I still am not sure how well it would turn out though, FDM printing, the kind which squirts layers of plastic is likely not the best way to make a cover but you could get a printing service to do it for you and see.

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Wow, really cool. Will try this

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I think if you shot a photo and then added the dimensions and locations of functional parts it would be easiest.
then I can at least compare by scale to check your work.

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okay thanks that'd be awesome ill measure it and post it in a few hours(im outdoors currently)