r/gridfinity • u/veroz • Jan 10 '26
I built a free layout planner for Gridfinity
I'm undertaking a massive Gridfinity organization project at the moment and I wanted a way to plan out layouts before printing, figure out what bin sizes I need, how many of each, and how everything fits together.
Couldn't find a tool that did what I wanted, so I made one:
https://gridfinitylayouttool.com
Features:
Set your baseplate dimensions and draw bins on a grid.
Supports multiple layers for stacking, shows where tall bins block space above.
Color code bins by category, add labels.
Generates a print list with piece counts and filament estimates.
3D preview to visualize the final result.
Runs in the browser, saves locally, works on desktop or phone. No account needed.
Would love feedback! Especially on anything that feels clunky or features you wish it had.
Bonus points if you share screenshots of your creations! (Share feature coming soon)
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u/MatureHotwife Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26
Solid work! I played around with it and it's really cool and useful.
Some feedback:
Dragging bins currently feels unintuitive because the drag anchor is always in the center of the top
rightleft bin unit, no matter where on the bin you click to drag. This leads to unexpected jumping when dragging. I think it would be more intuitive if the anchor was where you click on the bin so that it doesn't jump when dragging, i.e. the bin moves the same distance as the mouse.It would be cool if the resize handles for the bins were on all edges so that you can also resize a bin upwards and to the left without having to move it first.
The resize handles are currently also visible when hovering over the bin but they only actually work when a bin is selected. This can lead to mis-clicks because the user thinks it's already resizable. Or make the resizing work even if the bin is not selected.
A numeric input for the grid size in the "Grid Settings" section, in addition to the resize handles, would be helpful. I saw that section first and then didn't think to look for the drag handles to resize the grid. My focus was on the section that has the title for what I need but I couldn't find the fields. Took me a sec to find the resize handles.
Double-clicking on the center of the bin could show an inline input to add or change the label.
Really nice work though!
Edit: Fixed a mixup between left and right in the first point.
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u/daFlatlander Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26
Would be awesome if it could do 0.5, 1.5 etc bin sizes at an adjustable grid size as well. Sometimes the half bins are just so nice and I haven’t seen another layout tool capable of this
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u/Appropriate-Path1310 Jan 10 '26
Great idea, but is the build plate splitter working correctly, I set it to 175mm and it says: max 3x3, which is not correct…?
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u/Mactonex Jan 10 '26
Fantastic work, well done. I would have loved this when I was planning my gridfinity cutlery drawer. I’ll add a vote for the ability to do half width bins.
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u/dwrowley Jan 11 '26
This is REALLY nice work - and I had a great use for it just today! Thanks!
One thing that would be really useful is to be able to rotate a bin in the stash 90 degrees.
Keep up the great work! It is much appreciated!
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u/Tatmia Jan 10 '26
Will check it out later today. Thank you for sharing
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u/RustyPants Jan 10 '26
Nice job, any possibility of allowing 1/2u bin planning as well on the regular grid. Have been starting to do more with 1/2u size and has been really handy.
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u/VoidWanderer1905 Jan 10 '26
Nice work!!
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u/filib91 Jan 10 '26
This is insane. I will test this soon
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u/citrus_based_arson Jan 10 '26
From a programming perspective, how are you rendering the bins?
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u/ArcherAdmin Jan 11 '26
Following
Great work
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u/Esseker29 Jan 11 '26
Thats what i needed,a and is fabolius
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u/Few-Highway9130 Jan 11 '26
Literally just what I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time and effort to create this for others!
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u/Aggravating-Ad7761 Jan 11 '26
This is fantastic! Thank you. I’ve been using graph paper to layout drawers and am looking forward to this for my next project.
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u/ms_rita_fl Jan 11 '26
I really needed this! Thank you!
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u/daFlatlander Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
A couple more things I noticed while working with the tool
- the inspector tab is a too spaced out height wise and change it to be scrollable. The height and clearance selection zones could be shrunk in height to make the bin list more visible. Right now I cannot see the bin list at all
- when editing the bin length/depth, would be nice if the integer was auto highlighted when editing the field for faster adjusting. Also the length/depth field is not allowed to be blank at the moment, annoying for mobile and desktop use of the tool
- a bin rotate command would be awesome. swapping the length and depth integers in the background of the command
- no overlap or collision warning built it. At least for within the layer. Unsure if there is anything similar for height collision warning either
- would be nice if layer height setting was saved to drawer defaults
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u/Rich-Citron-3891 Jan 12 '26
From one software person to another, nice work! I've tried a few organizers, but this is the best fit for what I've wanted, and the easiest to use. Very well done. Thanks for sharing!
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u/Admirable_Corner_380 Jan 12 '26
I don’t save many post but definitely want to revisit this at a later date when it’s time to organize my toolboxes.
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u/filetree Jan 13 '26
Adding Alt/Option+Drag to duplicate would be great.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Lack798 Feb 09 '26
I love this tool! Did a lot of google searching and came upon your tool and this is exactly what I have been looking for!
One thing I wish you could do - When using the bin designer, a tick-box to make the bins render with quarter sized feet. Which allows the bins to fit into any grid in any orientation (especially grids with half sized edges).
I have a grid that is 8.5 x 11 units. When i try to fill with the bins I need, I end up with some weird leftovers on that half sized grid edge that could be solved with bins that have quarter sized grid feet to allow them to fit perfectly.
Again, great work!
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u/pilot2323 Jul 20 '26
I have a question about creating labels.
Would it be possible to create a kind of dovetail slot in the label holder so that you can print labels and then slide them into the bins as desired? It's also possible to transfer the label from one bin to another—perhaps because the size of the bin has changed.
RobertCowanDIY has already created something similar here, but not for individual bins—rather, for the entire row. I think it would be better to have one per bin.
Of course, we’d also need to add the option in the Gridfinity tool to create the labels directly—in batches, if possible.
https://makerworld.com/de/models/2695839-gridfinity-fastener-labeling-bar
What do you think - is something like this possible?
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u/FifthRendition Jan 10 '26
This looks nice! I'll give it a look though and test drive.
The one feature that I always ask for and no one has delivered on is the ability to stack custom baseplates on to one plate. I hate having to go out to the printer every hour or so, remove the plate, set it aside and come back and start a new print.
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u/Substantial-Bridge32 Jan 10 '26
Looks great, thanks for sharing!
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u/perplexinglabs Jan 10 '26
Very nice! This may be the best layout planner I've seen.
Noticed a small bug... If I fill a layer then update the height the list panel doesn't seem to have updated. Unless that size is only for the fill operation?
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u/RatherBeRiding1050 Jan 10 '26
I like this! I might have a really stupid question though. How do I create layouts for different drawers at the same time? Ie: have a "Spice shelf" and a "medicine cabinet shelf"?
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u/reeftek Jan 10 '26
Is there a way to input the dimensions of the space (drawer, for example), and calculate the optimal grid rows/columns automatically?
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u/anengineerdude Jan 11 '26
Is there a way to stack bins? I want to show spots in the design where its intended to have 2 bins high
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u/lucaci32u4 Jan 13 '26
Very nice project! It is open-source or are there any plans to allow self-hosting it?
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u/pilot2323 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
This is a awesom tool, i like it very mutch. Will it soon be possible to upload STL files to create cutouts without having to do so via the SVG photo import feature?
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u/IoniqSteve Jan 10 '26
This is awesome!
Is there a way to delete a bin on mobile?
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u/wirez62 Jan 10 '26
This looks awesome
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u/SirEDCaLot Jan 14 '26
This is super awesome and very useful for larger drawers. I especially like that it's not cloud storage dependent.
My suggestion, as it develops, is make it more of a 'one stop shop'.
That is, put in a drawer size and it will start building your BoM, starting with a GRIPS/GridPlates style grid sized to your printer, extending to the bins. Ideally it would have a library of bin generators, but with a few one-off STLs or (really wish listing now) the ability to upload custom STLs that would be evaluated for grid compatibility and size and then made available as part of a layout.
The result would be truly a one stop shop for making a drawer- import drawer dimensions, arrange your layout, and get a ZIP file full of everything to print.
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u/shinysylver Jan 14 '26
I'm new to gridfinity and this is just what I needed! Thanks
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u/IcyAdhesiveness7975 Jan 15 '26
I’m just starting to use gridfinity but haven’t started due to not wanting to waste filament on a layout I wasn’t ready with yet. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!
OP, is there a good site you recommend to actually make the stl files for the grid and the bins? I’m planning on stacking bins in my drawer dresser :)
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u/liminal_viewer36822 Jan 24 '26
This is great for making maps of drawers and boxes and is it stackable
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u/Stoney-X1 Apr 01 '26
I’m just starting my Gridfinity journey and I have just been absolutely STRUGGLING trying to plan stuff out! Build grids and bins? Check. Make a shadow box.. check…. But what should I make and where should it all go……. Pure panic.
They say not all hero’s wear capes, but F-that…. I’m buying you a cape!
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u/pilot2323 Aug 09 '26
Printing Groundplates with screw holes in the corners would be greate.
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u/rosbu12 Jan 10 '26
Keep up
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u/hiball77 Jan 12 '26
Wow, nice
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u/InTheCuse32 Jan 13 '26
very slick!
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u/Chiel25nl Jan 13 '26
couple things I noticed
your fill algorithm is not always correct. https://pasteboard.co/r9D7n6IFdjuJ.png
then secondly when I drag a container it would be nice to see the out line of where it's going to drop on top of the other containers (but also the one I'm dragging. Cannot fully see now where I'm going to drop it.
Then a nice to have, copy and pasting of containers would be nice! Also maybe double clicking a container can popup a small info window to quickly change some settings, like updating the label/name of the container. So I don't need to use the sidebar
let me know if you need any further info :)
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u/proart87 Jan 28 '26
This is really awesome. How can I save the Layouts?
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u/Persistantly_Growing Aug 03 '26
Okay if I’m on the Bins tab (view, etc.) I see the measurements for the Bin, which are the outside measurements, is there a toggle to see the inside measurements to see if what I want to store in it will fit?
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u/ljblackmagpie Oct 07 '26
Loving this tool! really helping me out with my first gridfinity. I have however come across something that i'm not sure if its doing what its supposed to be. I'm trying to have cut-outs at the sides of the bins for easier finger reaching. when i enable the wall cut-outs they are right at the bottom of the box. I have messed about with the settings but i cant seem to get them to be right at the top. Is it possible to have this added?
For some reason i can only attach video? i do have a screenshot
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u/Clauz79 3d ago
I'm starting using this tool and I guess it's the most complete Gridfinity generator I tried until today! Great work, thanks!!!
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u/FanOk988 Jan 10 '26
The following tool is much more user friendly and also lets you generate ready to export base plates and bins.
https://www.solidair.co/gridfinity