Designing a phone stand with a curved base
Important measurement for the phone stand design:
Length of base
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REMEMBER TO CLICK ON
YOUR SKETCH EACH TIME
YOU BEGIN ADDING TO
YOUR DESIGN.
1
Gap phone stand to upstand ______________________
Height of the stand ___________________________
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4
2
Angle of stand ________________________
Width of the stand __________________________
Height of the curve on the base ____________________
Hole for charger? _______________________________
Follow the flat base
phone stand
instructions to point 6
as above
Use Sketch Rectangle
to add feet to each
side of the base
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5
6
Use Sketch Offset to make a copy of
the curve offset by 3mm
Use Sketch Three Point
Arc to create the curve
shape for the base
9
Use Sketch Three Point
Arc to create the curved
back shape
10
7
Use Sketch Trim to
trim out lines
Diane Burton, STEM Outreach. D.S.Burton@warwick.ac.uk
Extrude the sketch by the amount
needed for the width of your phone
and use Move to sit your design on
the grid
Use Modify Fillet, Modify Chamfer and other tools
to decorate your phone stand.
If you want to add a hole for the charger lead for
example, use a suitable shape to cut the hole