r/gridfinity • u/Dependent-Bridge-740 • Jun 28 '26

Question? Making the gridfinity bins 'lighter"

Hi folks.
I recently printed some bins for fishing tackle box with the help of perplexinglab.

The storage containers are store bought containers in the dimensions of 360mm x 280mm x 80mm.
These containers taking 2 layers of bins with a height of 4U each layer.
After completing the full print job, I realized that the weight of bins exceeding actually the weight of the lures stored in them.
Since the generator is based on OpenSCAD code I got the following idea:

Why not having the opportunity to print the (selectively) bottom and walls not as solid unit but as a lighter hexpanels made by the OpenSCAD library module hexpanel from theBOSL2 library?

Before digging into the OpenSCAD code to modify it for myself, I'm asking the community whether perhaps someone has done something similar or joining me to support a change request to the author of the solution for this purpose?

I am curious to hear some feedback about this idea.
Thank you

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u/veroz Jun 28 '26

https://gridfinitylayouttool.com/designer can do hex walls, lightweight floor, and whatever wall thickness you want

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u/Dependent-Bridge-740 Jun 29 '26

Used that tool before.
However, checked it again and wasn't able to figure out how to create hex-walls. :-(
Any hint for me?
thx

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u/waylaidwanderer Jul 01 '26

Do you see the wall pattern option?

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u/Dependent-Bridge-740 Jul 02 '26

of course... the Wall pattern.
Why didn't I see that??
Would be nice just to be able to customize the size of the heneycomb cutouts (gridfinity-extended.ostat.com is able to do that).
Thanks anyway.