Remixed Tape Holder with Embedded Magnets

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This is a remix of " Tape Holder" by Thorped. I love this design because the supports are incorporated into the model, not inserted by the slicer. The advantage of this method is that it is way more consistent among printers and slicer supports tend to be messy. First off I had to fix the original STL, as it had a lot of errors and wouldn't render correctly until I fixed them. I've included the "fixed STL for the original in the Zip file. Using openSCAD, I imported the STL and filled in the holes. Then I created three 1/2" by 1/16" (approx) internal holes for the magnets. To embed the magnets you need to insert an M601 (pause) command into your gcode at the first layer that covers the holes. When the 3D printer stops, insert the magnets into the holes and continue printing. I'm not going to go into detail because there are many tutorials online that show how to do this. I've included a zip file with the openSCAD model and a fixed copy of the original STL this holder was remixed from. They must be in the same folder for the openSCAD model to work.