Parametric Building Block
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Description
👇Been busy at the printer, here's what came out this month 👇
- Hat from Witch Hat Atelier - NO AMS
- Brushbuddy Flexi
- Magnetic Darts Case Print in Place
- Parametric Building Block
A playful, fully customizable construction brick! 🎮
Balls (studs) snap into round sockets, so the pieces lock together and you can keep building.
The best part: you design your own brick. ✨ Just type a simple text grid in the Customizer ⚠️⚠️⚠️ no CAD skills needed ⚠️⚠️⚠️.
A few layouts come ready to use as a starting point, but the whole idea is to make it yours: strips, squares, crosses, L-shapes, frames... let your imagination run! 🚀
🛠️ Make your own brick
Each piece is a grid of square cells. In every cell you choose what goes there: a ball ⚪, a socket (hole) ⭕, plain flat plate ⬜, or nothing at all to carve out the outline. Mix them however you like and the brick takes shape instantly.
⚙️ Customizer — only two things to set
🧱 Layout — a little text grid that describes your brick:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | ⬜ flat plate (no feature) |
| 1 | ⚪ ball (stud that sticks out) |
| 2 | ⭕ socket (hole that receives a ball) |
| x | ✂️ no plate (empty cell — shapes the outline) |
- , separates columns (left–right) ↔️
- ; separates rows (front–back) ↕️
- Shorter rows are centered automatically 🎯
🎚️ Tolerance (the fit): this is the magic knob for a good snap. It sets how much the ball is oversized compared to its socket, in millimeters.
A bigger value = tighter, firmer click 💪; a smaller value = looser, easier to pull apart. Every printer is a little different, so if your first pieces are too loose or too stiff, just nudge this number. 👉 The fastest way to dial it in is to print one ball and one socket and test the click before making big pieces.
🌟 Example 🌟
The grid 1;2,1,2;1 builds a cross ➕:
- 1,0,2 — short strip: one ball, one flat, one socket
- 1,1;2,2 — 2×2: two balls in front, two sockets behind
- x,1,x;2,1,2;x,1,x — the same cross, written out in full
- 1,0,1;0,0,0;1,0,1 — square plate with balls in the corners
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