Case For Samsung GTI9000 (Galaxy, Captivate etc.)

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The very first idea what to print when I will have a working 3D-Printer was, to substitute my chunky car mount for my Galaxy S GTI9000 Android phone. What I have is a car mount from Gomadic. I like the mechanism to clip it to the air vent and to turn around my phone, but the bracket is quite horrible beside I can only see half the screen of my phone while driving. So I discovered mojomoneys Halo Themed Case For Samsung Captivate http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3828. My idea was to attach a slot to the backside to connect the bracket and the case. Unluckily I realized that the dimensions for switches, microphone and camera on a Captivate are different from a Galaxy. So I decided to adjust it and asked mojomoney for the source files. He posted some SolidWorks files (Thank you!), which I couldn't use because I don't I have this software. So I worked with the .stl file and OpenSCAD. First of all OpenSCAD told me, that this .stl isn't a manifold object. So I started to get it manifold. For that I have had to remove all the nice Halo carvings, which mojomoney made :( (Excuse me for that!). But in the very end I got a manifolded object. It doesn't look as nice as mojomoneys, the holes are all squared and not rounded, but I don't want to carry it around just put it into my car. Also I designed a small slot mechanism which I glued to the backside. I did it that somebody can use the case for other designs. Thanks again mojomoney for your perfect design! I couldn't have done this by my own, I've just two weeks experiences with CAD software (OpenSCAD). Instructions There are three .scad and three .stl files: One of each for the case without any wholes, just the raw body for scaling it and placing more beautiful wholes to it than I have done One of each with the squared holes, which fit for the Samsung Galaxy. And one of each for the slot object. Maybe you first print a small slice in X an Y direction to be sure that the measurements fit your device. If it is to tight in Y direction just for a few tenth of a millimeters you can remove some small pieces with a knife or you scale it again in your software. You can put nicer holes to it. If you want to use it as a car mount, just print the slot piece and glue it to the case. Print it and do what you like with it!