alt.hn

3/25/2026 at 7:12:12 PM

Automatically generate all 3D print files for organizing a drawer

 https://geniecrate.com/

by woktalk

3/27/2026 at 10:37:46 PM

Clicked one of the examples...

> I have a 400mm x 500mm x 80mm drawer for screws and bolts.

(thinking for a while)

"Please provide drawer dimensions to continue."

by antsar

3/28/2026 at 5:51:28 AM

Why these wouldn’t be cached is beyond me. Cool idea though!

by ggsp

3/28/2026 at 9:26:15 AM

It looks like that's just a generic error message. For me, this websocket message is received when the error appears:

    {"error":true,"body":"Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.","done":false,"id":"XXXXXXXX","type":"cf_agent_use_chat_response"}

by 1e1a

3/28/2026 at 11:38:29 AM

The error message should point that it's the server, not the user problem.

by Artoooooor

3/28/2026 at 2:52:57 AM

Wait long enough and it popped up for me. (Android, also basically Linux but using Vivaldi)

Took about 10 secs.

by simondanerd

3/27/2026 at 10:57:53 PM

Same

(Firefox, Android (which is Linux))

by Neywiny

3/27/2026 at 10:41:47 PM

Same.

(Firefox, Linux)

by amelius

3/27/2026 at 10:58:23 PM

This seems harder than just using a regular gridfinity generator and controlling with sliders rather than free text input and prayers.

by Gigachad

3/29/2026 at 4:25:53 AM

Oh cool do you have a good one you can share?

by nolroz

3/28/2026 at 8:16:46 AM

Nice idea but I'm missing the specialty bins that actually make Gridfinity useful: bins for storing the AA/AAA batteries vertically, for SD cards and USB keys, for a caliper, tape measure,...

With plain bins, you don't get the "this tool can only be stored there" lemma that changes how you think when you have a lot of tools. If a tool has only one place to go: 1) either it's there or it's used on a work surface, 2) it goes back there and not in a possibly-related dump (does this special double-sided tape go with all the tapes or with the leatherworking supplies?)

For other Gridfinity content:

  - Generate a specific bin for your tool: https://www.tooltrace.ai/
  - Generic bin generator: https://gridfinity.perplexinglabs.com/pr/gridfinity-rebuilt/0/0
  - Hub for links: https://gridfinity.xyz/

by cranium

3/27/2026 at 10:45:29 PM

Okay, so this is just a text prompt that could have been actual UI elements where I select dimensions, fed to an LLM in the poorest way possible so it doesn't even work properly, where you ask it to kinda sorta solve a binpacking problem.

Imma pass.

by IceDane

3/27/2026 at 11:37:13 PM

Gridfinity is a strange one as on the whole it would make more sense for much of it to be mass produced injection moulding. Everyone is printing the same 42mm grid and buckets!

But hobby gonna hobby.

by mememememememo

3/28/2026 at 12:45:02 AM

Everyone I know who uses the system likes to print different little specialized containers for their different things.

I don’t know anyone who just prints a lot of identical 42mm buckets.

by Aurornis

3/28/2026 at 12:24:14 AM

Shhhh! Some of us need to convince our significant others that a 3d printer is actually useful, and not just a toy/waste of space.

by mijoharas

3/28/2026 at 2:22:29 AM

Hey i 3d printed the toilet paper holder that had been broken since I was born more or less

by LtWorf

3/28/2026 at 12:27:56 AM

On this tangent I can recommend 3D printing jewellery and RC toys as well as repairing broken stuff around the house. Kids like custom fidget spinners.

by contingencies

3/28/2026 at 9:31:37 AM

Oh fidget spinner is a good idea. I bought some good will with an articulated dragon that my daughter likes that is pretty cool.

Have you got any links/suggestions for the RC stuff? I've not looked into that yet.

by mijoharas

3/28/2026 at 11:36:27 AM

Boats and gliders are cool. You can mod non-RC stuff to be RC, that's the fastest/cheapest method.

by contingencies

3/28/2026 at 12:35:15 AM

Printing RC toys gets expensive fast. Before you know it you're buying castle motors and a flysky remote.

by 0x696C6961

3/28/2026 at 3:09:03 AM

Honestly the fact that the kids are so into it after I got it has made my wife come around.

Her main argument was, is this just going to sit around gathering dust?

and I’m about to go on a gridfinity spree in the next few weeks so she’s going to enjoy the OCD organizing.

by atonse

3/28/2026 at 5:13:57 AM

Is there something mass-produced that's flexible and consistent like gridfinity? As a non 3d printer owner, I've been looking for something I can just buy that would work.

by lostdog

3/28/2026 at 9:10:22 AM

Yes these

https://share.temu.com/m885rYiehMB

Also on Amazon. Search tool box organiser or drawer organiser

by jimnotgym

3/29/2026 at 1:14:32 AM

Asshole design makes it hard to see what product that is. Any other links?

by mememememememo

3/27/2026 at 10:46:09 PM

I think the status page while waiting for generation is showing messages from across other users too? I saw a mishmash of different progresses, "Please provide dimensions" and then it returned to showing other random inputs

by dwroberts

3/28/2026 at 6:03:57 AM

This keeps deciding that I am done describing my drawer before I can mention a single thing that should be stored in the drawer. I basically get paste the dimension and it decides that I hit Generate already.

Now I'm going to try typing my command in a different window and then pasting it in all at once. That worked, but now it isn't at all obvious how my items are supposed to go in the boxes generated, nor how they are to fit into the space.

by jdboyd

3/28/2026 at 7:54:50 AM

I'd like to have one where you lay out all your tools, take a picture, and it makes you a drawer insert that has a custom slot for each tool.

by Animats

3/28/2026 at 6:26:21 AM

Please create it for wood as in "this is the wood you need to obtain or cut as in lwh. Then, how many screws do you need where" and so on.

3D printing this is too expensive in even a little bigger quantity. Maybe a combination of 3D print and wood, but 3D print is way too powerful to be wasted on even surfaces that could better be created with wood.

by Haeuserschlucht

3/28/2026 at 7:25:18 AM

I find the sum of all 3d printing tools and consumables required to build something useful (i.e. drawer inserts) a lot cheaper than the sum of all wood tools and consumables.

by randunel

3/28/2026 at 10:32:58 AM

Also I thought plastic was bad. We seem to just be producing new pointless bits of plastic crap here?

by whackernews

3/28/2026 at 7:59:09 AM

App needs a bit of review, rather buggy, reloads and presents layouts while I’m typing, if I type in something thats not dimensions the error presents and then rotates through seemingly many different responses to other’s prompts? Vibe coding is a tonne of fun but its worth putting it through the wringer before making public :)

by nfgrep

3/28/2026 at 1:46:59 AM

I'm curious how grindfinity's/geniecrate's calculation is made for the fitting problem.

I'm very interested in seeing some combination of LLM / genetic algorithms to generate optimized furniture placement in rooms, or even designing entire houses from a set of rules/first principles etc.

by fouc

3/28/2026 at 4:39:57 PM

Isn't the whole point of gridfinity bespoke containers?

A generic bulk container isn't very useful if you're trying to fit something sensitive like calipers in your drawer

by tekno45

3/28/2026 at 2:21:15 PM

Broken on mobile, cant scroll the results and the top is cut off.

This seems to be a common phenomenom with all those vibe coded apps. Bit weird since most traffic is mobile nowadays.

by thi2

3/28/2026 at 4:45:20 AM

Reminds me of pallet stacking software. Give it 200 boxes all different sizes and the robot stacks up the puzzle. I could watch it all day.

by theendisney

3/27/2026 at 10:58:30 PM

Use gridfinity instead. It actually works and isn't AI slop

by Neywiny

3/28/2026 at 12:21:27 AM

This is clearly using gridfinity. You might want to actually check out the link before commenting next time

by jLaForest

3/28/2026 at 1:15:43 AM

I tried and it didn't even load me a result, like others in the comments. If this is an AI wrapper around gridfinity, that's even worse

by Neywiny

3/28/2026 at 2:03:32 AM

Yes. Just use gridfinity. This adds no value

by fortran77