Sliced Filament Dryer Spacer

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I have a dehydrator, the Nesco FD-61, that uses 13.5-inch trays, which are much too large for most three-dimensional printers. Slic3r can slice models along the Z-axis, but after adjusting the original dryer spacer for my dehydrator, I couldn't find a way to cut it into smaller pieces. Fortunately, since it's open-source and written in OpenSCAD, we can create a "cheese wheel" that will be subtracted from the spacer to cut it into sections small enough to print. On my Anet A8 printer, I can slice out a 90-degree section and print four of them, which all fit together with minimal excess space. In addition to existing variables, ANGLE can be set to any value that fits on your printer: 360 equals one whole piece 180 equals half 120 equals one-third 90 equals a fourth 72 equals a fifth 60 equals a sixth You will need OpenSCAD version 2019.05 or later for this process to work.