ESP32 case via flashforge adventurer 3

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I was having trouble with the precision of my Adventurer 3 printer, which made it hard for me to get the ESP32's pins to fit into the holes of @bdmihai 's design. To fix this problem, I decided to remove that part of the board so it could sit inside properly. Luckily, I had also soldered my wires onto the pins underneath the board, which connected to an external sensor. A small amount of glue from a glue gun applied to opposite corners is enough to secure the board in place using its pins on the underside. I also removed the printed pins from the original design because they weren't detailed well enough by my printer. Since I didn't plan to use the buttons anyway, this wasn't an issue for me. To make the top part fit over the bottom half correctly and stay tight, I had to adjust the thickness of the rim section on top. This way, it could cover the bottom half securely without falling off. However, you'll need a bit of force to pull it off again because of the layers from both prints being aligned. I removed the small "locking" spheres (dimples) from the original design as well since they didn't print accurately enough to be functional. One thing I would like to improve in the future is making the bottom part a little taller below the rim, which would make the board fit more snugly. Right now, it's about 1-2mm above the rim, and this also makes the USB-port closer to the roof of the top section, causing some charging cables to knock against it (I had to shave off some plastic from one cable to get it to fit). All in all, I'm really grateful for @bdmihai 's design as a starting point. It's my first functional print and I've also been enjoying using OpenSCAD so far.