Gridfinity Bin with Printable Label by Pred (parametric) with extra Margins

Remix to add some parameters to make it easier to print on older, less precise printers.
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This model is based on the fantastic Gridfinity Bin with Printable Label by Pred.  This has quickly become my go-to bin for organizing my hardware.  

I found that these print great on a modern printer.  On an older printer that is not as precise, and without Pressure Advance, I had some trouble fitting the labels correctly.  The original design had hard-coded dimensions for the slot.  I made this remix to add parameters to control some of the critical dimensions.

  • Rounded corners (due to lack of Pressure Advance) on the label slot can prevent the labels from fitting properly.  To address this, I added a chamfer to the inside corners of the label slot, reducing the effect of rounded corners.
  • The slot has a pretty tight tolerance.  To provide a bit of margin for less well-calibrated printers, I added some offset to the faces of the label slot.  By default, I added 0.25mm margins, and the labels are still held in place tightly.
  • I printed some of these on a printer with a 0.8mm nozzle, and the biggest problem I found was that the supports for the label shelf did not print well.  They are 0.9mm by default, and the slicer made them a single line width.  I added a parameter to control the line width.  Printing a 1.5mm width caused the slicer to use two lines, which prints much more reliably.
  • The original design has a parameter for the bin Height.  I found that when the height is 3 units or below, the geometry breaks by extruding the back of the label shelf support outside the body of the bin.  To prevent this, I added a calculation to cap the minimum height at 3.01 units (no matter what you set it to), which generates correctly.

Thanks to Eistee who graciously provided a Python script to generate labels
https://www.printables.com/model/676564-gridfinity-bin-labels-hexagon-socket-head-cap-scre
which I adapted to be able to generate bins in a variety of sizes.  I used the information on their model page to learn how to set up scripting in Fusion 360.  It was not as intimidating as I expected.

I set the label slot margins to 0.25mm, left the shelf support at 0.9mm, and generated bins at every size from 1x1 to 5x5, with every combination of Divisions from 1 to 2x the width.  I used heights 3, 4.5, and 6 units tall.  If anyone needs larger or taller bins, it's pretty easy to modify the script to generate them all.

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Differences of the remix compared to the original

Added more parameters to control the dimensions of the label slot, shelf support width, and minimum height.

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