WIRE CABLE LOOM or RACEWAY

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I needed a way to run wires around the ROSTOCK MAX V2 I am building, I was just not ready to zip tie the wires here and there. And adding in some new wiring for LED lighting I wanted to keep it clean and organized. So I thought I would make a couple of wire looms to use, not just for the printer build but also for a few ARDUINO projects I am planning. After making my first print I decided to make some other sizes so I thought a CUSTOMIZER THING file would be nice to have. SOOO this is my first effort at a CUSTOMIZER THING, interesting experience. I do note that the resizing is slow do to method of sizing used in OPENSCAD rendering. So be patient if you use. Print Settings Printer: FLASHFORGE CREATOR PRO (2016) Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: standard Infill: 20-25% Notes: rafts were to much trouble and it removed easy enough. Post-Printing A bit hard to get the tree supports out, not that many to remove but they are inside and need to be pushed out. I used a long small screw driver. How I Designed This I started with a square tube and a slot in one corner to slide the wires in. But felt the build would be a bit complex with supports. I could fix this by two piece design,but I wanted a one piece so dropped the idea of a slide on top for the square. This moved my design to a triangle (in OPENSCAD a three sided cylinder) . I went with staggered fingers to allow wires yo be laid in in a zigzag fashion one at a time or the fingers allow enough flew to spread the opening as you feed the wires along. I added side holes for ability to drop out wires along the loom. And added bottom holes if I want to mount with screws to the cabinet walls, but plan to use most of the time 3M double side tape used for applying car trim and such. To make it resize I tried for first time "multmatrix" to rescale it. A handy transform for scaling. I had to try making my first CUSTOMIZER THING and this seemed like a good item to try. Custom Section First try with CUSTOMIZER, had to learn some new things there. It runs a bit slow, a lot of calculations. plan to add option for side holes or no side holes and maybe resize them. I added them for dropping wires and to save filament (like it saves a lot)