Customisable Paint Brush, Pen, Pencil, Tool Holder Stand

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Inspired from a number of other projects such as:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2977887https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1294085These are both great projects, but neither had the required number of slots or the height wasn't quite right. Not really knowing what I wanted I created a customisable version in OpenSCAD to experiment. The parameters allow for most parts the paint brush stand to be modified to accommodate various brushes and tools. I've added the final version I went with as an STL, but feel free to experiment with the OpenSCAD file within the project. Please report on anything produced and issues found!A brief overview of the parameters used:cols, rows : How many x and y holes there are for paint brushesholes : Rather than having a single hole / slot this vector contains the starting x and y coordinates where another nxn slots will be placed. The vector has the following form [[x, y, xsize, ysize]]. Multiple holes can be within the same vector as [[x, y, xsize, ysize], [x, y, xsize, ysize] stands : A vector of x and y coordinates for each slot that should be covered if the stand is used. This is used on the top piece of the stand. On the bottom piece it also stops a paint brush guide being placed in that particular slot. Multiple slots can be used by having a vector of x and y coordinates [[0,0],[5,5],[0,5],[5,0]]thickness : How thick the frame is around the slots. It is consistent for the inside and outside of the brush holder.hole_size : The x and y dimension of the paint brush holes. They will always be square.frame_height : If not used this will be the same as the hole_size, but it can be different giving a different height to the top and bottom pieces.guide_type : a guide in the 1x1 paint brush slots. 0 means none, 1 means square and 2 for rounded. Note for rounded(2) this can significantly slow down model generationstand_height : How tall the stand will be.stand_tolerance : Reduces the stand size to enable it to fit within the designated slot(s) on the base and top piece.To replicate the 6x6 model the following parameters can be used: {cols = 6;rows = 6;holes=[[1,4,2,2],[3,4,2,2]];stands=[[0,0],[5,5],[0,5],[5,0]];thickness = 1.5;hole_size = 10.0;frame_height = 15.0;guide_type = 0;stand_height = 70.0;stand_tolerance = 0.3;} to replicate the 7x7 model with a single stand (albeit without the nice curved edges) the following parameters can be used: {cols = 7;rows = 7;holes=[[-1,-1,-1,-1]];stands=[[0,6]];thickness = 1.5;hole_size = 9.5;frame_height = 12.0;guide_type = 0;stand_height = 70.0;stand_tolerance = 0.3;}