Samsung Soundbar Holders (for Samsung TV)

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I designed a custom top-holder for my Samsung Soundbar (HW-J250) to sit securely on my 2009 Samsung LCD TV (model unknown). I attempted to create it from scratch in Sketchup, but struggled with the curved design. I discovered benzol's Thing titled "Digitize from Photo" and decided to give it a try (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2887844). After several hours of experimenting with settings and learning along the way, I successfully created the holder on my fourth attempt. I imported the file into SCAD and increased the thickness to 15mm. The part is slightly oversized compared to the original curves, but it effectively holds the soundbar in place - my TV has a curved shape at the back-top, requiring something that can sit on the curves while also hanging over the front. To achieve this, I used a soft wire to trace the curves of the front up-and-over and back of the TV where the mount would be placed (see attached image for reference). I 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. After loading the JPG into benzol's link, plotting the points of the shape and setting the units/sizing, it worked perfectly. As mentioned, you need to add 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. I found it easier to paste in Excel and add columns either side of the data to reproduce the brackets and commas quickly. I then added soft rubber anti-slip pieces to the top and bottom areas of each part that touches the TV, resulting in a solidly seated soundbar. A section of the STL file appears unattractive in preview, but it prints fine on Simplify3D. Overall, I'm extremely happy with the result.