Cargo Barrier Clamp

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This is a simple clamp I designed to securely attach items to the cargo barrier in my car's 4WD cargo area without relying on cable ties. I wanted to come up with a neat way to bolt items to the cargo barrier rather than using a bunch of cable ties like everyone else does. The idea was to create a clamp that attaches to two wires of the mesh, secured by two screws and embedded nuts. You can use these same two screws as mounting points or I've added an optional third hole for a center bolt. The clamp prints in two pieces that are designed to be bolted together with a slight gap when screwed tight to ensure it clamps onto the wire without rattling. The default gap is set at 0.5mm. The SCAD file is included for customization, and I've made all the customizable settings easy to access at the top of the file. You can customize pretty much every aspect of the design. Finally, a safety note: cargo barriers are installed to keep occupants safe from cargo becoming projectiles in an incident. This clamp is intended for mounting objects on the cargo side of the barrier, so use it at your own risk. I had a blast designing and making this, and I hope you find some use out of it too! Customizable settings: * whattoprint = "both"; // print front, back, both or solid (all lowercase) * Cargo Barrier settings: + meshdia = 3; // diameter of the barrier mesh wire in mm + meshheight = 50; // height between wire centers of the mesh rectangles in mm + meshwidth = 20; // width between wire centers of the mesh rectangles in mm * Mounting block settings: + gap = 1; // clearance gap from clamp to mesh in mm + clampingap = 0.5; // gap left on mesh after block is clamped together + clampingthpeth = 15; // full depth of clamp + clampingoverhang = 5; // clamp overhang from mesh + roundedge = 2; // radius of round edge * Mounting block clamping screws settings: + boltctre = 32; // distance between clamping bolt centers in mm + screwdia = 6; // diameter of the mounting screws, default is 6 for M6 machine screws + nutwidth = 10; // spanner size of nut (width between flats) in mm + nutdepth = 5; // depth of hole for nut in mm + countersinkangle = 90; // angle of countersink, 0 to omit (ISOmetric is 89.9) + countersinkod = 10.6; // diameter of outside of countersink + counterboredepth = 0.5; // counterbore depth if required (0 to omit) + counterboredia = 11; // diameter of counterbore * Center bolt settings: + midholedia = 6; // diameter of bolt hole in the middle. Set to 0 to omit * Center bolt hole relief top: + topbcountersinkangle = 0; // angle of countersink, 0 to omit (ISOmetric is 89.9) + topbcountersinkod = 10; // diameter of outside of countersink + topbcounterboredepth = 0; // counterbore depth if required (0 to omit) + topbcounterboredia = 10; // diameter of counterbore * Center bolt hole relief bottom: + botbcountersinkangle = 0; // angle of countersink, 0 to omit (ISOmetric is 89.9) + botbcountersinkod = 10.5; // diameter of outside of countersink + botbcounterboredepth = 4; // counterbore depth if required (0 to omit) + botbcounterboredia = 10.5; // diameter of counterbore