Customizable Rope Clamping Angle Bracket

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These brackets allow you to secure your woodworking projects in place at any angle, using rope or tension belts of any kind. Even large furniture projects can be managed with ease. I use them to secure hexagons when gluing them together. Sometimes my cut angles aren't perfect, so I glue them together at the proper angle and fill the gaps with wood putty. This method is suitable for decorative work since there's no stress on the finished piece. This is the first thing I've created in OpenSCAD. I'll happily accept tips in the comments on how to improve. Several common angles are available as STL files, in two different widths. The smaller ones suit paracord, while the larger ones are for tension belts. If you need any other combination of width, arm length and angle, feel free to customize the Thing to your liking. You can adjust the following parameters: ##### Width The total width of the bracket. Wider brackets can accommodate wider ropes or flat belts and distribute force more evenly on a greater area. ##### Bracket Angle The angle of the bracket. 60° Triangle, 90° Square, 108° Pentagon, 120° Hexagon or custom angle to your liking. ##### Wall Height The height of the side walls. They help keep your rope or belt centered and prevent it from slipping off. ##### Wall Thickness The thickness of the side walls. There's no particular load on these walls, but the thickness determines how wide your rope or belt can be. => Rope Width = Width - (Wall Thickness * 2) ##### Bottom Thickness The thickness of the wall that touches your part. A thicker bottom also increases the distance between your rope and your part if needed. ##### Groove Edge Diameter The diameter of the rounded edge in the groove. ##### Arm Length The length of the two straight arms of the bracket. Increase for larger parts, but keep the size of your printing bed in mind. ##### Corner Hole Diameter The diameter of the hole in the corner of the bracket. Decrease if you need a sharp corner or increase if you want more wiggle room. ##### Loop Width The width of the loop at the end of the two arms. Adjust it if you significantly increase or decrease the overall size of the bracket. Setting it to 0 effectively removes the loops. ##### Loop Offset Offset to compensate for large loops when the bottom thickness is high. Use negative values to recess the loops into the part.