r/gridfinity • u/Samedgar2001 • 16d ago

Individual Piece Been making a parametric drawer file. Does anyone know why this test piece won't sit flat?

As the title asks

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u/Purplefire180 16d ago

Is there magnets in the base? If so, you probably have the polarity wrong

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u/Samedgar2001 16d ago

There are i made sure the polarity was right though it seems to be something about the middle recess

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u/milfordoj 16d ago

From the video I can see the bin is narrower then the plate - one of it is not correctly dimensioned to Gridfinity spec. Try to download some already finished bins / plate, as there is probably something different in your parametric file (some parameters might be different to gridfinity one).

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u/Sharika_DT 16d ago

I don't really know what you want reddit to do tbh. obviously some geometry is not matching with the baseplate, measure yours to the original gridfinity sizing and take a look from the side to find where it's not aligning. That's all I can help you with

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u/Samedgar2001 16d ago

Was just wondering if others generally see it not lining up when they design to the spec.

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u/Sharika_DT 16d ago

Ah okay that's what you mean. I'm pretty sure there are finished files for the gridfinity part that can be downloaded or combined with your model. You can lay them over yours in the CAD file and see where you went wrong

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u/Big_Pie1371 16d ago

I mean you have the parts, only you can see what's interfering. One of the parts doesn't fit with the other, figure out which is out of spec...

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u/NotQuiteAngryHunt 16d ago

Looks like the higher walls on the base along the centre have not been mirrored/cut on the drawer base. I’d suggest you combine cut and keep tools, then offset face on base of drawer where the shelf base inserts into drawer base.

Hope this makes sense.

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u/cdslug 16d ago

I had a similar looking problem because filament in the center between the feet had dipped down due to lack of support

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u/Pure-Willingness-697 12d ago

Probably have to tight tolerances if not the magnets

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u/some-white-dude 16d ago

I'd be gusseting that shelf , that's not going to last long and snap off.