Parametric grid drawing template - rectangular

Template for drawing square or rectangular grids. Places small crosses at each grid intersection.
2h 7m
4× print file
0.20 mm
0.40 mm
16.00 g
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updated May 26, 2024

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If you're like me, you prefer notebooks with grid markings rather than lines. Useful for planning projects or making checkbox lists. My favorites have just the grid crossings marked with small crosses. Sometimes it is even better to be have a grid you can erase after inking the design. This enables that. Use a hard pencil for very light lines. Of course, if you wish, you can just use this to lay out the edge markings and use a ruler (or the edge of the template) to draw the whole lines.

The .f3d model lets you set the following parameters in Fusion 360:

  • the number of grid squares or rectangles on your template (horizontalGridSquares and verticalGridSquares)
  • the grid pitch, i.e the spacing from one grid line to the next (horizontalPitch and verticalPitch) - you can set these separately to create a grid of rectangles
  • the width of the opening for your pencil (pencilTrackWidth) - but see below for notes on calibrating this

in addition, if you wish you can set:

  • the total thickness of the template (templateThickness). Default 1mm; as little as .4mm is possible I think, or up to 2mm or so for a sturdier tool
  • the length of the arms of the crosses, expressed as a fraction of the grid pitch (crossSize). Default is 0.4 (so the crosses are 2mm long if you have a 5mm pitch). Going above 0.5 probably gets you into trouble.
  • the margins around the edge of the template, expressed as a multiple of the grid pitch. Default is 2, so there is a 10mm margin (from from the center of the outside crosses) to the edge of the template (marginMultiple). This is just to make it less breakable, and you can probably go to 1 or less without any difficulty. Or you can make much bigger margins and, for example, add holes for putting it in a ring binder.

Pencil opening CALIBRATION:

You will need to calibrate your print to make the pencil openings the right size. I found that when I set the pencilTrackWidth to 0.5mm for my 0.5mm mechanical pencil, the slicer made a much bigger opening, so it was necessary to adjust XY Size Calibration (in PrusaSlicer, Print Settings>Advanced>Slicing>XY Size Calibration. Surprisingly, it wanted a full +0.2mm. Seems like a lot in a 0.5mm hole, but it worked. This is the default setting used in the gcode given.

If you want to set this for a 0.5mm pencil lead, try the gcode or the STL test files for a 1x1 square grid, and see how well it works for your pencil, then adjust from there. If you want to set it up for a larger or smaller pencil, edit the parameters in the Fusion file and go from there. I still recommend printing a small one to experiment with the size of the openings. 

 

***Hex and triangle grid templates also available! See my other models.***

https://www.printables.com/model/892173-parametric-hex-grid-drawing-template

https://www.printables.com/model/889155-parametric-triangle-grid-drawing-template

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