Make a phone standTinkerPieCAD tutorial 4 of 10 · Intermediate · 15 minutes

Design a stand with a base, a leaning back rest and a front lip that holds a phone.

Open the finished design in TinkerPieCAD (free, runs in your browser)

What you will learn

• Tilting a part with rotation
• Planning dimensions for a real object
• Printing flat on the plane

Shapes you need

Box ×3

Steps

1. Base

   Add a Box 70 × 60 × 6 at Z 3.

2. Back rest

   Add a Box 70 × 6 × 62. Set Position Y 22, Z 37 and Rotation X −15. It now leans back a little.

3. Front lip

   Add a Box 70 × 6 × 12 at Position Y −22, Z 9. The phone rests here.

4. Check the fit

   Use the Front view. The gap between the lip and the back rest should be a little wider than your phone is thick.

5. Export

   Press Export ▸ STL and print it flat.

Why it works

A 15° lean makes a screen easy to read. Measure your phone and adjust the sizes.

All sizes are in millimetres. Type exact numbers in the right-hand panel. Press Export to get an STL file for a 3D printer.

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