Idea: add option to remove the inner jetties of skeletonized baseplates along the longer side
LorenzKahl opened this issue · comments
If checked the marked areas would be dropped.
This could save some filament without impacting stability a lot - I guess.
Unfortunately I'm a total OpenSCAD NOOB so unfortunately I can't chip in a PR for this. I also assume that the required logic for this is not quiet that easy.
Interesting idea, however, I do think it will impact stability a lot if the baseplate gets bigger. I created a POC which only works in the x direction for anyone to try.
poc/inner_jeties branch in Ruudjhuu/gridfinity-rebuilt-openscad
Hi @Ruudjhuu, thank you, but the link seems to be dead. Could you provide another source and I'll be trying it out.
The link is working for me, Maybe this one works?
https://github.com/Ruudjhuu/gridfinity-rebuilt-openscad/tree/poc/inner_jeties
Yeah, you were right. I was on my phone earlier and when I clicked the link it was directing me to localhost.
The model looks fine to me. I'm starting a print right now and will report tomorrow how it came out. The savings of filament seem to be a little less than 10% which is quiet nice ;-)
Unfortunately I can't go any bigger than 4x4 on my Mini.
Hi @Ruudjhuu, the PoC came out really nice! I added some pictures and videos to get an impression.
Off course, the stiffness of the whole thing reduces the bigger your prints get. But for tucking the baseplate in a drawer I don't see any problem. Also the asymmetric look kinda bothers my eye, but again - you won't even see it when it's stuffed in a drawer and stacked with bins.
I would really like to see this added to the gridfinity-rebuilt-openscad repo 😍
Thanks for giving this a shot!
Videos on YT:
https://youtu.be/gqlihwKOFuw
https://youtu.be/reW4JjOzt7s
