If you've ever built a project with a maker board you know the challenge of figuring out just how to keep it in place. I know I have! To solve the problem we've made lightweight command line tool that can generate an STL file for a board holder with any dimensions! The tool is open source and free to use, if there are any new feature you want to see you can leave a comment here, open an issue on GitHub, or fork the repo and open a PR!
1. Download the Maker Board STL Generator CLI from GitHub.
2. Measure your board, the CLI uses millimeters, so make sure to convert your units.
Keep in mind any ports or pins you'll need access to when measuring the depth.
3. Open command prompt on Windows or terminal on MacOS/Linux
4. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the CLI.
cd %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Downloadsor for MacOS/Linux:
$ cd ~/downloads5. Run the command below (replace the os as needed) to generate an STL file:
stl-gen-cli-win.exe rectangular --length 70 --width 50 --depth 5Your STL is now ready to print in the output folder that was created in the same directory as the cli!
Adi Azulay
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