3DS Clamshell Case Remixes

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I really liked Bmanx2000's case, but I wanted to put my own personal spin on it. While I was at it, I decided to remix it with some other designs that I'm creating for friends and others who might appreciate them. To get the best results, you can flip these designs face down just like the original case. If you want to ensure the design prints smoothly, you can leave them in their current orientation, but this will take twice as much time and material due to all the internal supports and tabs that may not print correctly. These designs are carefully crafted to be only 0.4-0.5mm deep, so they don't make the case too thin. The cuts are also pretty narrow, which means many of them can be printed without support - maybe with the exception of something like the Triforce, Metroid, and Super Smash designs. Even then, it would only require one layer of support. As you can see in my example, printing with supports resulted in a neat but unintended design. Only the first layer of support brim and any initial layer squishing made it impossible to remove. You can also check out how the Zelda Sword and Zelda Eye designs turned out with a 0.2mm nozzle, which showed that even with this precision, some details won't slice properly. However, I personally think they still look great. The Majoras Mask design requires a 0.2mm nozzle to achieve acceptable detail, while a 0.4mm nozzle results in too little definition.