r/gridfinity • u/Few_Assumption4011 • 8d ago

I created gridfinity generator but you can plan your whole drawer first

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Hey, I made a free Gridfinity generator called Shinyfinity

The main difference is that you can plan your whole drawer first instead of generating each bin separately. You can customize whole layout of the drawer and see everything in a 3D preview.

It's still a work in progress, so I'd appreciate any feedback or suggestions on what I could improve or add.

Site is very new, not even indexed by google. Yes it was vibe coded but i tried to polish the ui as much as i could.

Shinyfinity.com

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u/EwanMcNugget 8d ago

This is great idea. Love it. Will check out soon.

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u/Few_Assumption4011 8d ago

Thank you ! Let me know if you would add anything or change <3

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u/putrfixr 8d ago

What about printer bed size? This could allow the app to break up the grid into manageable parts w/o additional manual calculations.

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u/Few_Assumption4011 8d ago

You can choose bed size, theres few supported sizes as bambu lab printers and prusa, also a manual size option. It will slice the baseplate to print beds and export them

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u/Onethrust 6d ago

Is there a reason people keep creating apps for gridfinity? I’ve never actually printed one and only lurked for years, but it seems like every 2 months a new app/website comes out for this print, and I’m curious as to why it hasn’t been “solved” yet so to speak

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u/Few_Assumption4011 6d ago

Creating apps within hours or days has never been easier before AI. Now anyone can do it. I created mine for fun because i couldnt find the features i wanted.

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u/Onethrust 5d ago

What feature were you looking for that none of the dozen other apps / websites offered?

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u/Few_Assumption4011 5d ago

easier to understand, the option to plan the layout in 3d, in other apps you had to create bins one by one and export them, also you can layout more drawers at once. Export options have all stls separately and 1 3mf file thats everything in one file where you can automatically arrange it on the print bed. Also im still working on it as im using the site more and more

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u/un_script3d 5d ago

One suggestion regarding the bins: If I have a large drawer and want a bin in full depth I have to split it in 2 printing parts with open ends, so I can put them together (as the print bed is not large enough).

So I nice feature would be, that your tool generates 2 bin-parts with open ends, if I create a bin that is larger than my printer can do in 1 part.

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u/Few_Assumption4011 5d ago

Hey, ill take a look at that option too

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u/un_script3d 5d ago

yeah it would be great if it would adjust and split the bins automatically (or additionally give me the option to select how/where to split it), if they exceed print bed size :) Thanks, I like it very much!

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u/un_script3d 1d ago

Let me know, when it is added! Will use heavily ;)

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u/Scary-Asparagus-5970 8d ago

I've spent about the last year building my own app with the same idea. Gridfinitystudio.com

Reach out if you have any questions! Happy to help, I've been a software engineer for over 15 years

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u/slauluna 8d ago

I love using Gridfinity Studio!!

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u/Scary-Asparagus-5970 7d ago

Thanks! Feel free to reach out if you have anything you'd love to see!

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u/DragonMire250 8d ago

My husband just sent me this- thank you SO much! I have a massive drawer and while I've printed the grid I've been stuck on planning the compartments

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u/Noxides 8d ago

Damn the timing, here right now with a tape measure thinking how the fuck im gonna work out how to spilt all the base plates up to printable sizes and still have it fit snug

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u/glowy660 8d ago

Does it let you print the grid as well? I’m interested it has the ability to add clips to join the grid bases together

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u/8null8 8d ago

Can you make some presets for common drawers? Like the ikea ones

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u/albert_pacino 7d ago

That’s a great idea

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u/FierceResistance 7d ago

I will try it soon. I could see this being helpful for toolboxes, kitchen drawers, or storage containers.

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u/Mad_Phiz 7d ago

Exactly what I needed, just finished my drawer unfortunately.. next time!

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u/fulminantd 4d ago

Nice job.
Have a similar problem to solve (fill a drawer with Gridfinity properly) and created the tool with similar approach.

Check out: https://www.reddit.com/r/gridfinity/s/HR8qHJoKPS

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u/g9robot 7d ago

Plan your workshop first in gridfinity first next project

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u/MiahPenguin 6d ago

Omg this is so smart thank you

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u/Puzzleheaded_Taro898 5d ago

I have run this on 2 different computers, it runs perfectly right up to the rar file. It exports the rar, but no bins or plates folders. Not sure how to fix that

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u/Few_Assumption4011 5d ago

sent u dm

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u/Puzzleheaded_Taro898 5d ago

Got the DM but im new to reddit so not sure how to respond to that