Cartridge / Card Case Generator

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# Card / Cartridge Case Generator This is customizer model for generating cases/holders for several squarish objects. ## Supported Cartridges Currently we support the following cartridge types: 1. NES (Printed) 2. SNES (Not printed) 3. N64 (Not printed) 4. DS/2DS/3DS (Printed) 5. Switch (Printed) 6. GameBoy (Printed) 7. PSP/UMD (Printed) 8. VIC20 (Not printed) 9. Commodore 64 (Not printed) 10. Atari 800 (Not printed) 11. Atari 2600 (Not printed) 12. Atari 5200 (Not printed) 13. SD Card (Printed) 14. microSD (Printed) 15. Memory Stick Duo (Printed) If more cards or cartridge types are needed, please add a picture with the exact dimensions of the cartridge as a comment and I'll do my best to update the model. ## Design Goals ### Reduced Filament Usage One of the main design goals while making this generator was to try and pack as many of the same object in as little space as possible. Due to that, every wall is set to 2mm, which should be more than enough considering the mechanical stress while using the holder will be minimal. I plan to add a honeycomb pattern to the resulting case at some point, which should further reduce the filament usage while also allowing better readability of the cartridge label. ### Portability I wanted to easily support new card/cartridge formats. In order to implement this I tried to minimize the number of measurements necessary to add a new format. As of now, we need only four measurements and one string to be used only while echoing the total dimensions of the generated design. ### Minimalist Instead of adding lids, lips, chamfers, and other design elements, I aimed to come up with the simplest possible design while still remaining functional and solving the problem at hand. ## Customizer Settings From the customizer, you can choose the cartridge/card type from a drop-down menu and the number of rows and columns for the final case. ## Sample STLs As an example, you can find STLs for 10x1 cases for all currently supported types. Note that for the GameBoy cartridges, they are designed to fit the cartridge alone, without a cartridge cover/protector.