Customizable mobile phone mount for car via air vent

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Mounts a mobile into car air vents, in this case: my Samsung phone (with protective case) to my BMW 3 Touring. You may have to adjust the print to your phone and your car. I printed it with PLA. Supports have been integrated into the model already. After printing, carefully open the printed lid - this may be difficult, but if it breaks, you may need to print it again. You need to print two mounts, one for the left side, one for the right side. See the xscale parameter below for how to print both sides. Before you actually use this in your car while driving, please make sure the phone sits securely in the mount and that you comply with all local laws. Use at your own risk. I just found out a fixed lid would work for me as well, maybe I'll post that later. Please let me know if it works for you. --- Here is what the parameters mean (all units in mm): thickness: the thickness of all walls to generate, defaults to 2. base_breadth: breadth of the phone mount, defaults to 20. phone_height: the height of the phone (if the phone is mounted horizontally, otherwise, the length). Defaults to 78. phone_depth: the depth of the phone. I put my phone into the car mount while the phone is still inside the book case, so may have to use a much smaller value for your smartphone. Default is 17. vent_depth: How deep the mount grabs into the air vent. Adjust it to your car. For my BMW, it is 23. vent_depth2: Length of the feet of the air vent. I use 6. vent_distance: The distance of the "legs" that grab into the air vents. I use 7. rubber_mount_length: The length of the top and bottom rubber mounts. These hold the phone mount parts together. I use 5. skirt_length: The "legs" grab into the air vent. Between the actual phone mount and the air vent legs, the "skirt" lifts the whole up a bit. I use 10. front_phone_support: The lid holds the phone in place so that it doesn't fall out of the mount. If you choose to small a value, the phone might fall out, if the value is too big, some buttons may be inaccessible. I use 5. support_breadth: Breadth of the supports printed. I use 0.5. delta: Distance between the main part and the lid in various places. If you use a value that is too small, the slicer will connect these parts. I use 0.3. xscale: Used to produce either the left or right side of the mount. Use "1" for right side, "-1" for left side.