Description

I decided to make a functional object: a bicycle mounting for my GPS.

I have a TomTom XL GPS in my car, but I also enjoy recreative cycling and I thought it would be great to have my car’s GPS mounted on my bicycle.

I started with a scan of my GPS. Once I’ve got an STL file I imported it into Blender to adjust the design. I used Blender because I'm most familiar with it for modelling, and I've been using it for years.

First I created a ring that fits the scan, where the GPS can click on. The back side is open. With a nurb surface forms a horn shape to deflect sound to front. I was thinking that on a bike, where there is no window to deflect the sound, it would be difficult to understand the GPS voice. I created some arms and a stand for on the bicycle steer.

After creating the basic shapes in Blender, I imported the file in my industrial software to prepare the file to 3D printing. i.materialise provide those services for every model, but I wanted to create my own model completely on my own. It took me about two evenings to polish the design.

Thanks to i.materialise for making this happen.

Wannes