[HN Gopher] Gridfinity: Unofficial Wiki
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Gridfinity: Unofficial Wiki
Author : rcarmo
Score : 74 points
Date : 2022-12-09 09:18 UTC (1 days ago)
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| nullstyle wrote:
| This community may be more oriented towards the OpenSCAD port,
| gridfinity rebuilt: https://github.com/kennetek/gridfinity-
| rebuilt-openscad
|
| The fusion 360 source files from the original project are a
| little jank when it comes to making customizations given AFAIK
| how fusion 360 operates. The port I've linked is much simpler to
| use when it comes to producing STLs for your own customized bins.
| cge wrote:
| Be sure to note that, like gridfinity, this is not open source
| by commonly accepted definitions, as it is CC-BY-NC-SA. In this
| case, it's even less appropriate, because it is code with a
| licence both specifically not intended for code and is not at
| all compatible with open source licences.
| monkmartinez wrote:
| I would agree.
|
| I would also search for 'gridfinity' on printables, yeggi, and
| thangs. There are master collections that download into neat
| folders with thousands of options, pick a base, pick a few
| bins, then slice it up and print. Soooooo goood!
| demeyer1 wrote:
| Agreed. The shear volume of permutations out there now may be
| adequate for many beginners that aren't yet comfortable with
| 3D design clients.
| rcarmo wrote:
| The OpenSCAD version is insanely flexible and I generate all my
| bins from there.
| jehb wrote:
| Two comments, unrelated.
|
| 1) I love the Gridfinity system and have printed several drawers
| worth of organizers using parts I've found in this system.
|
| 2) It's not actually open source, though. Almost every part I've
| found, especially those by the original creator, are Creative
| Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
| This is not an open source license. That's not a criticism of the
| project, or of the license, it's just not actually open source.
| "Noncommercial" is a limitation on redistribution.
| noname120 wrote:
| 2) It's open source, as in software with an open source. But
| it's not "OSI Certified" open source software.
|
| The term "open source" is not trademarked. It's high time well-
| meaning people stopped appropriating the term and pedantically
| corrected people who use the term outside of their own narrow
| definition.
| commoner wrote:
| Gridfinity is source-available, not open source. The commonly
| accepted definition of open source includes the freedom to
| redistribute without discrimination against certain types of
| use.
| GuB-42 wrote:
| For me, open source means that sources are available to the
| end-user, that's all. What you describe is free software
| (as in freedom). Open source is typically also free (as in
| freedom/libre) and free (as in beer), but it is not always
| the case.
|
| Here is an article by Richard Stallman about the difference
| between free and open source:
| https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-
| point....
| commoner wrote:
| The page you linked to clearly states that "open source
| means that sources are available to the end-use, that's
| all" is a misunderstanding:
|
| > However, the obvious meaning for the expression "open
| source software" is "You can look at the source code."
| Indeed, most people seem to misunderstand "open source
| software" that way. (The clear term for that meaning is
| "source available.") That criterion is much weaker than
| the free software definition, much weaker also than the
| official definition of open source. It includes many
| programs that are neither free nor open source.
|
| Stallman then advocates for the term "free software",
| which he says would avoid this misunderstanding. A more
| comprehensive summary of the history of the terms "free
| software" and "open source software" can be found on
| Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_term
| s_for_free_sof...
|
| According to the FSF, the only software that is open
| source but not free is "tivoized (tyrant) devices" which
| "contain nonfree executables made from source code":
|
| > Among all programs that are open source, only a
| minuscule fraction are not free. If the bottom row were
| drawn to scale, its text would have to be in a tiny font,
| perhaps too small to read.
|
| https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-open-overlap.html
| GravitasFailure wrote:
| "Open Source" gets weird with physical objects, though, since
| functional elements aren't covered by the copyright system
| software licenses rely on. Copyright would apply to decorative
| elements and the name plus trademark on the name, but unless
| there's a patent the functional elements are public domain.
| jehb wrote:
| Yeah, it does. To be clear, I'm only referring to the license
| of the files themselves. In absence of a patent or trademark,
| the "system" is effectively unlicensed. So, "free" might be a
| better descriptor anyway.
| GravitasFailure wrote:
| One of these days we may get same terminology around open
| source stuff, though I suspect that's the same day hell
| opens an ice skating rink.
| sheerun wrote:
| I fish for something like Gridfinity but supporting converting
| into a case so I can easily move around "workbench" without
| worrying everything will fall out
| bobleeswagger wrote:
| 3D printing helped me tackle my perfectionism in an effective
| way. You fail fast and iterate faster as you get more printers. I
| have a lot of home projects which never get finished because
| there's always something missing. Even if my CAD and printing
| skills are rookie, I can finally finish these projects and clear
| my head.
| demeyer1 wrote:
| Super excited to see Gridfinity on HN, it introduced so many new
| people to 3D printing as well as introductory 3D design.
|
| It's simple, modular storage that is practical and really grounds
| 3D printing in a genuinely practical use case.
|
| To provide anecdata on how big gridfinity has become - it's the
| #1 search, every week on Thangs.com, which is the largest 3D
| model search index available (over 14M models, and search volume
| is ~ 1 search every 1-1.5 seconds on Thangs). (1)
|
| Gridfinity is literally more popular than Christmas in this
| community. And it's been the top search term for a long time. (2)
|
| There are entire subreddits dedicated to it. (3)
|
| Zack, the guy who started it, is a genuine treasure of a human as
| well. Check out his YouTube channel (4), he recently built a
| Google Glass like device - and then shared all the designs,
| openly.
|
| Disclaimer: CTO, CPO, co-founder at Thangs.com - total 3D design
| and 3D printing zealot
|
| (1)
| https://twitter.com/Thangs3DSearch/status/160156271186268160...
|
| (2)
| https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hv4FBexbf6isW57j063H...
|
| (3) https://www.reddit.com/r/gridfinity/
|
| (4) https://www.youtube.com/c/ZackFreedman
| fimdomeio wrote:
| Wasn't Alex chapel that started this?
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHFK5sY8ToE
| demeyer1 wrote:
| Good share!
|
| I believe Zack started Gridfinity, but I don't know who the
| very first designer was that built a modular storage system
| for the 3D printing community.
|
| I'll say this - the Gridfinity community is, from my POV,
| unique in how they've taken this and really run with it as a
| crowd sourced concept.
| rcarmo wrote:
| Not the same thing, and not the same approach altogether.
| lathiat wrote:
| For an introduction to the project see this video from the
| original creator Zach Freedman: https://youtu.be/ra_9zU-mnl8
|
| (Short version its an open and free expandable 3D printable
| modular storage system with modules to fit everything from screws
| to soldering irons and SD cards)
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Your short version cuts to the point but I have to say Zach is
| probably the most entertaining nerd I subscribe to on YouTube
| and his wit-packed, teleprompter-speedrun videos are worth a
| full watch (IMHO).
| neilv wrote:
| I first went to the Web site, but couldn't tell what it was.
|
| So started this video, but it's 21 minutes of high-noise
| entertainment.
|
| Jumping around, I got about 21 seconds of information, and
| guessed at the rest.
|
| It looks like some kind of 3D-printable physical storage
| containers/compartments that fit to a grid, like desk drawer
| organizer trays.
| Forge36 wrote:
| Yes that's pretty much it
| travisporter wrote:
| That's what the first paragraph of tfa says.
|
| Also YouTube is mainly for entertainment so that shouldn't be
| a surprise.
| chaostheory wrote:
| Both the intro and commercial take about 4 minutes
|
| The guy makes his STL freely available. The least anyone can
| do is to fully watch his video so that the YouTube algorithm
| won't punish him
| neilv wrote:
| The least anyone can do is to not waste their time, and let
| the video rightly be punished.
| bioemerl wrote:
| I don't understand, the guy explains what's going on
| within the first minute
| walls wrote:
| Then he should turn that one minute into text and add it
| to the website.
| cloakedcode wrote:
| Front page of the site:
|
| > Gridfinity could be your workshop's ultimate modular
| storage system to keep you productive, organized, and
| safe. It is free, open source, and almost 100% 3D
| printable.
| panzagl wrote:
| These comments remind me of watching 'Chopped' where
| someone overcooks a fish by like, a minute, and the
| judges get so offended and go off about the food being
| 'inedible' How dare someone expect me to comprehend a
| sentence or watch a 5 minute video...
| monkmartinez wrote:
| I have been printing these containers like a madman. They are
| really, really good.
|
| I organized our junk drawer in the kitchen with them and I was
| basically hailed as a rockstar by the family. we had these little
| baskets from ikea that did a decent job, but now we have
| dedicated battery storage, pencil/pen trays, thumb drive holders,
| odd/ends screws and bolts, etc. I am currently printing a jewelry
| system for my daughters earrings, rings and necklaces. I am
| relatively certain my wife will want one when she sees it in
| action.
|
| It is a really cool system that solves some real problems for
| people like me who dabble in a ton of shit (hobbies).
|
| Zach is hilarious if you ask me, I really enjoy his videos. His
| discord is very inclusive even for a very rough around the edges
| guy like myself, its not too in your face.
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