Gridfinity shape settings

[9ballrider]

Hello! I want to start off by saying that I love this new tool. I hooked it up to Claude and have been able to make some amazing things with it. I saw that Gridfinity is now a shape, which is amazing, and I hope there are a couple of settings you can add to the bins.

Default size

It would be cool if there were a way to change the default unit of 42mm. I typically go with a 21mm size because it allows me to print bins that only take up half of a spot on the base plate, which creates a lot more flexibility regarding the layout.

Labels

Labels are an important part of gridfinity bins for a lot of people.

Scoops

An optional finger scoop with adjustable roundness (?) would be very handy.

Based on all the updates I'm constantly seeing, I don't expect you to jump on this, but I just wanted to throw it out there in case those things aren't already in the works, and hopefully it will go on your to-do list.

Thanks for your time, energy, and effort in creating this amazing new design tool.

[tskmstr]

I completely agree that the addition of this shape is awesome!

Bin Blanks

The availability of creating a bin with a raised inner surface (adjust the height of the inner surface??) allows further processing to create bins with shape cutouts to create custom fit toolholders.

Thank you for your incredible work!

[henmedia]

@9ballrider, @tskmstr, thank you, and I am glad it works with Claude for you. Here is where each wish stands:

• Another unit than 42 mm: the shape follows the published Gridfinity specification, 42 mm for one unit and always whole units, so that a bin from layerling fits a baseplate from any other generator and the other way round. A bin of 21 mm would not sit in a standard baseplate, so I would not change that.
• Labels, a finger scoop and a bin blank with a raised inner surface are not in the specification, but they are things many people print. I have noted them. @mlugo-apx wrote the Gridfinity shape from the specification; if one of you would like to build one of these as a pull request, it is welcome, as for every shape.

If layerling is useful to you and you would like to support it, there is a small page for that: https://layerling.com/support.html

[henmedia]

@9ballrider, @mlugo-apx the finger scoops and the half-size grid are out in 1.90.0. A Gridfinity bin of 2 height units or more can have a finger scoop along any of its inner walls, several at once, with one radius for all. And a bin can be built on the Half-size grid (21 mm): its size counts cells of 21 mm, each with a foot of its own, four of them in one socket of an ordinary baseplate, built the way your file from Gridfinity Extended is. Thank you @mlugo-apx for building both. The bin with a raised inner surface that @tskmstr asked for is not in. Reload the page to get it; the installed app needs a restart.

[mlugo-apx]

@tskmstr, the bin with a raised inner surface you asked for is up for review in #560: a bin gets a Floor height, and it is solid up to it, so it can be used as a blank to cut the shapes of tools into.

[henmedia]

@tskmstr, @9ballrider, @mlugo-apx the bin with a raised inner surface is out in 1.91.0: a Gridfinity bin has a Floor height, and it is solid up to it, so it can be used as a blank to group the shapes of tools into as holes. With the lip it goes up to where the lip's support leaves the wall, without the lip up to the top, as a solid block. The finger scoops and the label shelves start on the raised floor. Thank you @mlugo-apx for building it. Reload the page to get it; the installed app needs a restart.

[tskmstr]

I have checked out the new modifications and must say you guys are great at the interpretation, identifying appropriate solutions and getting the code working as expected.

I can't wait to see what you are going to do next!

[mlugo-apx]

@tskmstr, thank you for trying it and for saying so; it was your idea of a bin blank that started it.