I printed my first designed-from-scratch project today. Not that it is anything fancy, but it took learning how to actually do things in Blender.
I made a new watch back plate. My original back plate is fine, so why did I need to replace it? I'll try to give a short version. I have a 7 year old Samsung Gear 2 Classic watch. It has a heart rate sensor on the back that works through the glass back plate. I think my sensor has got issues. It has been draining the battery and it has caused the plastic where it is mounted to expand. The end result is that the glass back plate no longer sits flat across the back. I didn't realize this until after I replaced the adhesive and discovered it wouldn't seal.
Since I have disabled the sensor, I don't need a window for it to look through. I designed a plastic plate which allows 1 mm of clearance as it covers the back of the watch. The surface has the typical printed crosshatch, but it is smooth enough that it isn't noticeable on my wrist and it isn't normally visible, so I didn't bother to try to smooth it out.
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