(02-29-2020, 12:10 PM)Beattie Wrote:(02-28-2020, 07:53 PM)visiblink Wrote: I've alerted Luke to this issue. It may be that they need to make a change to the material before going ahead with the final PinePhone production run.Yeah, but that did not help me.
Also, to anyone who has a Braveheart, given the probable fragility of your back cover, my advice is to run your fingernail around the entire back to achieve separation before removing the back ... gently.
Not yet, but it may. In the future, you may be able to get a improved replacement version.
(02-29-2020, 06:50 PM)wi_badger Wrote: There exists, in some theoretical way, a 3d model of this case back, for use with 3d printers ...
Such as it is, I have not been able to get any software in my possession to open the file as downloaded, or I would have printed one already because of all the horror stories I have read here.
http://files.pine64.org/doc/PinePhone/Pi...%200.5.stp
(fwiw, my case has opened every time without problems using only my thumbnail ... ymmv)
If anyone can provide a file (.stl for preference) that my slicer will actually accept to generate gcode, I will print you a replacement, without cost or any warranty of fitness for use, using my existing printer and feedstock materials. Paying my shipping costs might be appreciated, depending on their magnitude. To a limited degree (arbitrarily determined) I might extend this offer to others with case - back problems, again strictly as output of my printer in raw form without warranty.
(sorry if I sound like a lawyer there but I want to express the idea that the offer is made with the reservation that I can stop at any time, or change the terms, if it becomes a PITA)
Perhaps you could try running the .stp file through this converter: https://www.makexyz.com/convert/stp-to-stl
