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Feature request - label tab insert #46

Open brynyneuadd opened 1 year ago

brynyneuadd commented 1 year ago

Hi,

Great work on this plugin, absolutely brilliant work.

I'd like to create little insert tabs that I can move from one box to another (eg quite commonly I buy more screws and I need to move them to a larger box, so it'd be great to be able to just lift the label.

Ideally there'd be an option to simply add a cut out to the label, something like this: Capture-tab

And naturally you'd need an option to offset the label height by a Z value to allow a bit more space for a separately printed label to be inserted, ie: Capture

This would be super useful as I could then just push fit labels into the tabs and move them quickly between different boxes as required!

Thanks in advance and I'll add some coffee money!

DraconPern commented 1 year ago

Wouldn't it be faster if you just move the content? :D

brynyneuadd commented 1 year ago

Heheh, that's like a developer saying it'd be quicker to have no colours at all on websites - ie it's true, but it neglects a world of UX advantages!

It's so I can move labels between different sizes of boxes, rather than have to reprint them for each use case AND keep a strong colour coding

DraconPern commented 1 year ago

Speaking of labels, I put in a pull request to update the readme to note that the Brother label makers are a great for making labels. It was weirdly hard to figure out that most cheap label makers only do 15mm. #51

brynyneuadd commented 1 year ago

Agree entirely! The Brother label machines are must haves!

CullenJWebb commented 3 months ago

@brynyneuadd I apologize for reviving such an old thread of yours but if you're still looking for easily swappable labels I created my own solution here. In that collection you can find a negative volume for the label socket which can be added to any bin in your slicer so you are not restricted to the pre-made bins I made.

These labels have been implemented in "Gridfinity Extended" where you can generate the bins with label slots already modeled in.

And to generate labels for your bins you can use my collection linked above or if you are familiar with Python you can use "gflabel" to generate just about any kind of text/icon/font combination you can think of.

Good luck!