2009 Honda Accord hood rod clip

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First time using Tinkercad. I wanted to make a fairly simple clip which holds the hood rod on my Honda Accord. The rod holder piece was broken, and this seemed like as good of place to start as any. This is v4 of the design, the first was just to see if I got the sizing down correctly and if it would fit. The second was to add the retaining clip. The third I thought was good, but the rod clip was a little snug and I knew PLA would fail after just a few uses. This one has some negative space added under with support structure, plus the rod holder should be spot on. If it is not, I will revamp and upload the new one. In all, I am happy with how this turned out. I have never used any sort of CAD before, and was more than a little apprehensive that I had gotten in over my head- but after a few days of playing with TinkerCAD, I have it down pretty good (for a beginner). It's an awesome application and I am looking for more things to design already. =) This thing was made with Tinkercad. Edit it online https://www.tinkercad.com/things/4rYajaJTPKt