{"id":35963,"date":"2017-11-03T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=35963"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T01:12:38","slug":"iphone-x-day-get-case-3-iphone-x-case-tutorials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/iphone-x-day-get-case-3-iphone-x-case-tutorials","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s iPhone X Day! 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We&#8217;ll be featuring the best of your iPhone X cases in a future post, so keep &#8217;em coming!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you&#8217;re looking for some guidance on how to get started in designing your own case, our partners at Vectary have created three videos that will walk you through the process of tweaking a basic design template to fit your needs. These videos are best for experienced Vectary users, so we recommend you try out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/tag\/vectary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of our other Vectary tutorials<\/a> first to get familiar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vectary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free browser-based design software<\/a> before you begin. Once you&#8217;ve created your 3D model, you&#8217;ll be able to automatically send the file for printing through Shapeways.<\/p>\n<h3>Create an iPhone X case with a grip (AKA stand, or popsocket)<\/h3>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2mIy6AEk3Y\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Choose a simple cutout for the back of your case&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z02p3vidwAI\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>&#8230;or a more complex pattern that&#8217;s truly personalized<\/h3>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qyUD9xo4kck\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an experienced 3D designer, think of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/tag\/vectary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vectary<\/a>-built models as a jumping-off point for your own iPhone X creations. 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What are you most excited about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is THE DAY: Apple&#8217;s reimagined iPhone has finally dropped, and the daring new design will require a new approach&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":34402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[489],"tags":[673,1688,781,805,2252,930,2250,2021,2025,894,1989,1486,479,1796,2251],"class_list":["post-35963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-and-design","tag-3d-design","tag-3d-printed-tech","tag-apple","tag-case","tag-cases","tag-custom-iphone-case","tag-free-3d-design-app","tag-how-to-3d-design","tag-how-to-3d-model","tag-iphone-case","tag-iphone-x","tag-tech","tag-3-tutorials","tag-vectary","tag-web-based-design"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/iphone-x.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s iPhone X Day! 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