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Gridfinity Baseplate Layout Calculator

Welcome to the Gridfinity Baseplate Layout Calculator, an optimized tool designed to help you create efficient and aesthetically pleasing layouts for your Gridfinity baseplates.

🚀 Key Features:

  • No More Single Unit-Wide Baseplates: This calculator ensures your layouts avoid any single unit-wide baseplates, leading to more streamlined and efficient prints.
  • Customizable Dimensions: Input your desired dimensions in both millimeters and inches.
  • Padding Options: Choose between Corner Justify, Center Justify, or No Padding Calculation to tailor the layout to your specific needs.
  • Detailed Bill of Materials: The tool provides a detailed Bill of Materials (BoM) with precise padding dimensions.

🛠️ Usage Instructions:

  1. Select Your Units: Choose the unit of measurement for your printer and the area you want to fill.
  2. Input Dimensions: Enter the maximum build size of your printer and the space dimensions you want to fill with baseplates.
  3. Choose Padding Option: Select how you want to justify the grid within the space.
  4. Calculate Layout: Hit the "Calculate Layout" button to generate your optimized layout and BoM.

🎨 Visualization:

The tool also provides a visual representation of your layout, showing the placement of each baseplate and any necessary padding.

🙏 Acknowledgments:

A huge shoutout to u/ethan_thompson for creating the original Gridfinity calculator, which inspired this project. His work laid the foundation for this tool, and I highly recommend checking out his calculator as well.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

💡 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request or open an issue with any suggestions or improvements.

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