Voxelab Aquila Full Display Cover

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<h1>Voxelab Aquila Full Display Cover</h1> <h2>Brief</h2> This is a cover for the Voxelab Aquila's display, to serve as a dust shield, as well as a blackout mask. Since it does not rest directly upon the screen itself, it is less likely to transfer contaminants to the LCD panel, or potentially damage it if pressure is applied to the cover. As a full cover, it will not suffer from light leakage when used as a blackout mask. For a cleaner look, and simpler print, a handle was omitted. <h2>Application</h2> The cover is designed to fit the display for the original Voxelab Aquila. It should function equally well in landscape orientation with the factory firmware UI, or in portrait orientation as some alternative firmware UIs call for. Both variants of the logo-embossed version are provided, in addition to a plain, no-logo version that has no specific orientation. [**Addendum 7/6/22** – Without access to an Aquila X2 or S2, their external display case dimensions have not been verified, nor has compatibility with those models. Voxelab's design for the original display results in some minor aesthetic compromises when users print a new mount and reorient them to vertical for use with alternative firmware that have portrait-based UIs. When the company decided to also adopt a portrait UI for its X2 and S2 models, it made some minor alterations to the display to avoid those compromises, but did an incomplete job, resulting in those displays having a compromise, albeit less noticeable, of their own. In short, it seems to have traded asymmetric bezels for an offset knob. To address that situation, adjusted model files have been provided, which should hopefully have better compatibility with the X2 and S2. However, that hasn't been verified, and can't be assured since I don't have access to those models to perform a test fit.] It should be plainly apparent that this cover isn't suited to the Aquila C2 or Pro models, which have significantly different displays. <h2>Print Notes</h2> Printing at 10% infill provides more than sufficient rigidity with typical wall/layer settings. No supports are required, and the models are provided face down for optimum printing. But, do take care to specify the placement of the Z-axis seam on your preferred slicer to avoid having it end up in a conspicuous location. Finally, it is important to note that a cursory open and slice test with Cura 4.x revealed that it may not render the letter V of the embossed logo properly, if the layer screen preview is to be believed. Oddly, the X-ray preview view does not show any errors. PrusaSlicer does slice and render the logo correctly, and with little-to-no experience using Cura, I cannot explain whether the issue with Cura is related to its print settings, errors in the way it renders the screen previews, or what the actual printed result will be. Beware.