Samsung Soundbar Holders (for Samsung TV)

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I created a custom TV top-holder for my Samsung Soundbar (HW-J250) to fit perfectly on my 2009 Samsung LCD TV (model unknown).\r\n\r\nDecided to take a stab at designing it from scratch in Sketchup, but struggled with the curved shapes!\r\n\r\nDiscovered benzol's Thing titled "Digitize from Photo" and decided to give it a try (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2887844).\r\n\r\nIt took several hours of experimenting with settings and learning as I went along, but on my fourth attempt, I finally succeeded in creating this design.\r\n\r\nOpened the file in SCAD and increased the thickness to 15mm.\r\n\r\nThe part is slightly oversized from the original curves, but it holds the soundbar securely - the TV has a curved shape at the back-top, so I needed something to sit on the curves as well as hang over the front.\r\nBy using a piece of soft wire, I traced the curves of the front up-and-over and back of the TV where the mount would be placed by pressing the wire into the shape - see attached picture for reference.\r\n\r\nI then took a photo of the bent wire and edited the curve shape in Photoshop, adding the top and rear bracket sections as a 2D image.\r\nAfter loading the JPG into benzol's link, plotting the points of the shape and setting the units/sizing, it worked flawlessly.\r\nAs he mentioned, you need to add some square brackets and commas when importing the data set into SCAD - see his test .scad file for reference where these go on all generated data lines.\r\nI found it easier to paste in Excel and add columns either side of the data to reproduce the brackets and commas quickly...\r\n\r\nI finally added some soft rubber anti-slip pieces to the top and bottom areas of each part that touches the TV and placed the soundbar - it sits very solidly.\r\n\r\nA section of the STL file looks rough in the preview, but it prints fine on Simplify3D.\r\n\r\nI'm extremely happy with the result.