Konica Minolta iPhone dock for Toyota Prius

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Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs is looking for an innovative solution to our design challenge. We need creative designers and engineers like you to develop an iPhone dock that integrates into the dash of our Prius. Here you will find the necessary reverse engineered models to complete this challenge. Top winners will receive cash prizes, and the 1st prize winner’s model will be featured in Episode 3 of Shape Lab 360

You can see past episodes of Shape Lab 360 here: http://sensing.konicaminolta.us/search-by-services/3d-scanning-services/video-series/

Requirements

Model must fit a build area of 5x5x6 inches
File must be in parasolid or stp format
Design must be one piece and able to be printed on Projet 3D Printer
Must not have moving parts.
Dock should appear to be an integrated part of the car
Dock should be designed to attach to the dash of the car using double sided tape
Design must not require alterations to any part of the car
Dock must be located near the steering wheel and in line of sight of the driver without obstructing the view of the road.
The screen of the iPhone must face directly towards the eyes of the driver’s head.
Design must accommodate space for the original iPhone power cable, which we will insert and glue into the prototype

Download specification

Rules

This challenge is open to everyone
Winners will be announced on GrabCAD blog and here on this challenge site under tab Results
Winners will be chosen by a joint jury of Konica Minolta and GrabCAD
Team entries are welcome
You can submit several designs
Only models uploaded to GrabCAD library will participate in competition
Tag your model with “iPhone” to make it easier to find
Only models uploaded through this challenge page will participate in this competition
Winners will be announced within one month after the end of competition

Prizes

: Cash prizes of $1000 and 1st prize winner’s model will be featured in Shape Lab 360
1st prize: $500 and have model featured in episode 3 of Shape Lab 360
2nd prize: $250
3rd prize: $150
4th prize: $100
5th prize: Shape Lab 360 shirt
6th prize: Shape Lab 360 shirt
7th prize: Shape Lab 360 shirt
8th prize: Shape Lab 360 shirt
9th prize: Shape Lab 360 shirt
10th prize: Shape Lab 360 shirt

About the jury?

The top 10 winners will be chosen by both Konica Minolta and GrabCAD representatives based on the requirements of the model.

About Konica Minolta Sensing

About Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs Konica Minolta’s Scanning Labs is a leading provider of 3D scanning services. The 3D Scanning Labs provides flexible in-house service at their state of the art, security enabled and temperature controlled Ramsey, NJ facility. In addition, the 3D Scanning Labs offers on-site staffing and shipping services, which guarantee projects are worked on with the greatest care and expertise. Konica Minolta’s 3D Scanning Lab utilizes the incredibly precise Vivid 9i and Range 7 instruments to provide fast, accurate, and affordable results. The team of engineers & technicians work from conception to final product ensuring project vision moves smoothly from concept to reality. Konica Minolta’s 3D Scanning Labs offers services in areas such as facial scanning, reverse engineering, part inspection and design & engineering. With over 15 years of 3D hardware manufacturing experience, customers can now look to and depend on Konica Minolta’s 3D Scanning Labs for their complete 3D scanning needs.

Additional information on Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs is available at http://sensing.konicaminolta.us/search-by-services/3d-scanning-services/

81 comments

eswar about 1 year ago

nice challenge i would participate in this comp.

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Allen about 1 year ago

I see on the downloaded specification that the iphone is already placed on the dashboard. Is that the location you want the phone to be or are we free to decide where to put the phone?

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tris.d about 1 year ago

is the included iphone model accurate and good to use as reference?

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Allan about 1 year ago

Should this be only for the iPhone 4(s) or a versatile design for the whole iPod/iPhone product line?

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Tobias Mattsson about 1 year ago

watch the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBMJNxwGI5M&list=UUzHKTjGEANHl5huRk336JXw&feature=plcp
It will answer most questions.

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Tobias Mattsson about 1 year ago

Would be good to have that igs in a assembly file instead. or atleast several igs files, iphone, cable, interior + head.

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Michael Bernero about 1 year ago

Allen: the iPhone can be placed in any location you choose, as long as it meets the requirements posted above

a3 trion: the iPhone is a reverse engineered model of an iPhone 4 that we scanned in our lab and is acceptable to use for this challenge

Allan: the dock should be designed to fit the iPhone 4

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Hamza Boulkrar about 1 year ago

nice challenge Will participate strongly ,,)

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Scott Bruins about 1 year ago

We have a ProJet here at work so I might give this one a go (might make a version for my Bionic as well). One thing to be aware of is the ProJet material (VisiJet EX200) is strong but it is not very flexible and will break rather easily. So if you plan on using snap connectors keep that in mind.

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Scott Bruins about 1 year ago

One request could we get some reference photos of the interior of the Prius? Preferably from the drivers perspective?

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Hardi Meybaum about 1 year ago

Scott, love to see you your work.

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FRANZE about 1 year ago

I agree with Tobias it would be great to have the parts in separate stp files that we could assemble and adjust (at least just the phone and cord)
cheers

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Danny Tasmakis about 1 year ago

Hi Michael, is this going to be produced using the ProJet printer or is that just for prototyping, reason being as Scott pointed out, it sounds like there are some design restrictions with this material compared to an injection moulded part.

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Michael Bernero about 1 year ago

Scott/Danny: this will just be a prototype, the print will not be the end result

I have sent the CAD files over as individual models and they should be up soon

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Kaspar Kiis about 1 year ago

We have added some extra CAD files in the specification. Check it out.

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Zachary about 1 year ago

I know this is a competition...but can someone throw me a "rendering bone" I don't have the capabilities to render and looking for just a really crude render of my Model......If any thanks in advance. Its the iPhone Holder model

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

I actually tried but i guess ur version is SW 2012 . . didn work with that :-/ ill try my hand with the IGS :)

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3DSolutions about 1 year ago

Zachary... just do a screenprint (shift+PRT SCR). Open a image program and paste it, then you can crop it to what you want it to look like.

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Or simply since your using solidworks, i'd suggest u start using photoview 360. Rendering in that is pretty easy and fun :)

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gabriel about 1 year ago

Solaxis is willing to print the winning model for free!

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FRANZE about 1 year ago

thankyou Kaspar for seperating the files!

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Pit about 1 year ago

done!
hope you like it
;)

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Blair Hollshwandner about 1 year ago

Michael Bernero...the description mentions that the mount be integrated into the Prius. Is the mount meant to be an accessory that can be mounted by the owner or would it be part of the Prius dashboard?

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Pit about 1 year ago

I believe that the answer is both... it can be mounted by the owner without being part of the dash... I mean, can be compatible
in this way, it's

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Pit about 1 year ago

possible to comply with the specifications.

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Michael Bernero about 1 year ago

Blair: the dock should be designed as an accessory. No modifications can be made to the original dash, as stated in the requirements

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3DSolutions about 1 year ago

How do you submit a private entry?

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Pit about 1 year ago

sorry, I thought that was a question for all the members

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Pit about 1 year ago

i'm new... not used to this group regulations... I apologize

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tris.d about 1 year ago

michael, for your clarification, is the end mode of production just 3d printing? which means I can design within the freedoms and constraints of 3d printing instead of injection moulding.

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Michael Bernero about 1 year ago

a3 trion: correct, this will just be for printing

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ToddAho about 1 year ago

In your video on youtube you say that you want it to look as though it is a part of the car. How far are you willing to go with that concept?

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

What will the other end of the connector cable be ? Will it be a 3.5mm jack , a usb or a car charger plug ? I'm sorry I'm not very familiar with iPhones.

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

I assumed it to be a 3.5mm jack and made my dock in such a way that the other end can be inserted from the top and drawn out from below, which sets the connector in its position. If its not as I assumed I have to make a few changes !

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DimZach about 1 year ago

So is it a part of the car or not?

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Michael Bernero about 1 year ago

ToddAho: the design is completely up to you. You cannot alter the dash (make extrudes, drill holes, etc) but as long as it can attach to the dash somewhere you can make it look any way you want

Amos: the cable is a standard iPhone cable, so the other end is a usb connector. Here is a reference:

http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/919972/23195322/0/1315062924/Iphone4_Data_Cables_for_Iphone4_Mobile_Ipad_Cable_Ipod_cables.jpg

DimZach: it is an accessory and not a part of the car. The dock should be designed for easy installation without altering the dash

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Thanx for clarifying michael :)

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Is it possible to get a model of the other end of the connector michael? If not then jus the dimensions of the outer profile for that usb plug will do . . I need accurate measures to see if i hav to make some heavy changes or not . .

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Michael Bernero about 1 year ago

Amos: here is one I just made

https://www.transferbigfiles.com/000bff90-1575-4273-bfcd-5694d21bd473?rid=CQb7lKt_gEfTTR3jF43hBQ2

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Thanx for that michael . . I guess ill have to make some changes :( still I didn't expect to get this so quick :) Much appreciated !

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Michael: I modeled my dock attaching it to a vacant place in the dash. Now if i look at images of the Prius interior i find there are a few buttons there too :( But i'm not sure if those buttons are common for all the models. Would you be able to suggest if i need to alter that further ? The model in question is iPhone Dock v5.0

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Tobias Mattsson about 1 year ago

Amos: I looked at the photos of the real panel and it seems that there is some kind of button on the place where you have put your dock.

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Thats unfortunate mate, ill try connecting it to the dash jus below the bottons and add another revision. Still If those buttons are there then i'd feel my work isn't upto my satisfaction . . must work one another variation !

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Vadim Doman about 1 year ago

If I was an owner of PRIUS and if I would have such iPhone holder installed, then I would actually like it to be able to move... If I am about to use google maps as a GPS then I would love iPhone to be placed horizontally...

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Tobias Mattsson about 1 year ago

Google uses vertical view for its map app at iphone for some reason. Thats what i heard from iphone users anyways. Me myself im a andriod user.

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Done like i said. I've added a revision !

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Pablo Mora about 1 year ago

Hi all. I am new using the GrabCad. I uploaded a model with the intention of been part of CHALLENGES= Konica Minolta iPhone dock for Toyota Prius. Nevertheless, when I was uploading the model I couldnt find the way to put my model on the contest. Could someone help us?

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3DSolutions about 1 year ago

Pablo... If you scroll up on this page (challenge page) there is a blue button on the right side, towards the top that is for submitting to this challenge. I'm not sure if you have to re-upload or if there is some other way to link your uploaded files. I'd suggest just re-uploading everything in the appropriate location.

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153a4ad1 about 1 year ago

Wow, I bet we will get up to 160+ entries

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FRANZE about 1 year ago

Hi guys i have uploaded a new revision , which is fairly different and I want to change the main picture to show this how is this done? Thanks

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3DSolutions about 1 year ago

Franze... go into edit file and click on the rendering that you want to be your default. It will show a blue outline on that picture when it is the default (main picture).

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FRANZE about 1 year ago

Hi Guys I am just wondering my new design doesnt seem to appear?

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tris.d about 1 year ago

Same with mine. It uploaded but is not visible with the entries

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153a4ad1 about 1 year ago

The site was under construction few hours ago, that may cause your problem

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Jordan Stephens about 1 year ago

Hi! If anyone can help me out with this that would be great... I entered my a design, but I had previously uploaded another model with the "iPhone" tag, and it is that model which seems to be shown as an entry, and not the one that should.

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ZAN about 1 year ago

almost the same problem as Jordan. 2nd design, loaded a fiew hours before the dead line, not shown as challange entrie. Only first(

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Kaspar Kiis about 1 year ago

Thank you to all the participants for amazing entries. Can everybody please make sure they have their entries listed: http://grabcad.com/challenges/konica-minolta-iphone-dock-for-toyota-prius/entries If no please send me an e-mail to kaspar@grabcad.com Also please make sure all the private entries are made public. We will start picking the winners in the beginning of next week and will announce them during one month but still asap. Thank you

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Luqman Mooraj about 1 year ago

when does the challange end?

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Branko Stokuca about 1 year ago

It has already finished. You can see on the top of this page on the wright side: Deadline PASSED

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FRANZE about 1 year ago

hey guys, any word on when you will select the winning entries?

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153a4ad1 about 1 year ago

Within 1 month after the deadline

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Tomas about 1 year ago

Congratulations to the winners! :D

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Kaspar Kiis about 1 year ago

We have announced the winners! Congratulations and thank you to all the participants being part of another successful challenge in GrabCAD.

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Tobias Mattsson about 1 year ago

Congratz to all the winners!

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Patrick Hughes about 1 year ago

Congratulations to the winners. Some very nice designs and renderings.

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Patrick Hughes about 1 year ago

Congratulations to the winners. Some very nice designs and renderings.

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Amos Roger about 1 year ago

Congrats guys ! To all the winners and also those who participated :)

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Branko Stokuca about 1 year ago

Congratz to all the winners.

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Leonardo Alves about 1 year ago

Congratulations to all, great ideas came here.

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William about 1 year ago

Big congrat'z to all the winning designs and for all the entered :P //handshake

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Michael Bernero about 1 year ago

Thank you to everyone that submitted an entry. It was a great challenge and we were impressed by the wide variety of designs for the competition

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Vincenzo Ricci about 1 year ago

Thanks to all!! I am very happy, I can not believe it yet!!! ^__________^

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Thomas Idebrant about 1 year ago

Congrat's to all!

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dennis dela cruz 12 months ago

congratulation to all winners...

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Manuelito A. Taniegra 12 months ago

Congrat's to all winners.

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