By Fox_ - Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:19 am
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:19 am
#64915
I can't be the only one with bastardized and broken speaker cover retaining rings.
....and as far as I know they're NLA.
Started with FreeCAD, but I kept running into issues getting the threads correct from scratch.
Gave up and went with Fusion360 that, despite it's massive draw backs, has a better library for modeling threads.
Result:
I will not admit how long it took to get that far...
It's still only PLA, so I'll have to move to a material that's more suited for the car-interior-in-august-sun environment.
Different material with also open up more post-processing to disguise that it's a 3D printed part.
....and as far as I know they're NLA.
Started with FreeCAD, but I kept running into issues getting the threads correct from scratch.
Gave up and went with Fusion360 that, despite it's massive draw backs, has a better library for modeling threads.
Result:
I will not admit how long it took to get that far...
It's still only PLA, so I'll have to move to a material that's more suited for the car-interior-in-august-sun environment.
Different material with also open up more post-processing to disguise that it's a 3D printed part.
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