Idea: add option to remove the inner jetties of skeletonized baseplates along the longer side

[LorenzKahl]

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.

[Ruudjhuu]

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

[LorenzKahl]

Hi @Ruudjhuu, thank you, but the link seems to be dead. Could you provide another source and I'll be trying it out.

[Ruudjhuu]

The link is working for me, Maybe this one works?

https://github.com/Ruudjhuu/gridfinity-rebuilt-openscad/tree/poc/inner_jeties

[LorenzKahl]

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.

[LorenzKahl]

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

[kennetek]

@Ruudjhuu I'd recommend adding this as another style to go with your other minimalist baseplates.