‘iphone 3g model’

FreshFiber’s 3D Printed iPhone Case Puts the Fancy in Your Pants

05 Nov, 2009 by in DESIGN

Once again 3D is hitting the iPhone with a fearsome tenacity that makes you just plain ignore regular phone users. But this time the 3D goodness isn’t in the iPhone, it’s on it… and it’s on it in a not-over-the-top-at-all, ultra-fashionable way.

FreshFiber, with the styling skills of Janne Kyttanen, has launched a fresh line of iPhone cases created with the material layering intensity of a 3D printer. Yes, call your friends for a cute little iPhone party and prepare to get your hands on some of this stylish fab.

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The iPhone 3G Model, Take 2. Plus Surfacing Resources and Coolness from Mark Biasotti

19 May, 2009 by in CAD

Five days and five version later the original iPhone 3G model has been slapped around and optimized to use some of those best practices we all tuck away in our back pockets from time to time.

On top of that, we have a image-rich “here’s how you go about doing this”, some important SolidWorks and general surfacing resources, plus a version of the iPhone model done by none other than Mark Biasotti of SolidWorks. Exciting stuff I think.

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‘Fairly’ Smooth Surfaces in SolidWorks: How to Create the 3G iPhone *Updated*

13 May, 2009 by in CAD

Since we’ve been talking about viewing SolidWorks files on an iPhone, how about we talk a little about viewing an iPhone in SolidWorks. Better yet, how about we model up the back of one to see how we can get those continuous smooth shapes in SolidWorks.

We’ll be using surfacing, and the fine art of visual analysis, to create the shell of the first touch-screen device to be held in our sweaty palms. It’s fairly simple and we’ve even included the file for you to download.

Update:This post is one way of approaching a design problem and not intended to go into complex surfacing. Only an example of creating a ROUGH surface model for creating iPhone accessories. As read in the comments, there is a MUCH BETTER way to actually model the part for manufacturing. That post can be found at this link (iPhone 3G model Take 2). Thanks to everyone that commented on how NOT to model this part. :)

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