Car smart phone holder for couples

March 21, 2023
Description
You know what it's like! Man and wife use a car together. Both have a smart phone. But not the same ones or with the same dimensions. Both want to attach their own smart phone as the driver. Quick and easy!
In this case, here is the ultimate smart phone holder for couples. Exactly tailored to the two different devices, no matter what combination you both have, with or without a case.
Simply open the attached f3d file with Fusion 360, enter the length, width and height of your two devices and you will get an automatically generated model to print.
You can attach the holder to a suitable surface in the car using double-sided adhesive tape. My holder has been reliably fixed in the car this way for weeks.
The procedure in detail
Open the f3d file with Fusion 360
Go to: File → Open... → Open from my computer
Go to: Modify → Change Parameters
Modify only the stared ones (don't alternate the others unless you know what you are doing.
The first parameters are the depth, height and width of your two devices.
First enter the dimensions of the taller phone. This will be positioned at the front of the model.
Tip if you have an iPhone(s): The dimensions of all iPhones from iPhone 6 onwards are already stored. Simply enter your iPhone model(s).
You can further detail the model with some more parameters. For example, you can adjust the height of the base at the front and back in order to stick the holder on a sloping surface of your car.
The following pictures show the meaning of these parameters:
After you have entered the parameters, export the model as a 3mf file to open it later in the slicer:
Go to: File → Export
PRINT INFORMATION
Due to high summer temperatures in the car, you should not use PLA but PETG etc.
I printed the holder with the following settings:
Layer height: 0.15 mm
Infill: 15%
I am looking forward to your Makes! :-)
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