Parametric SMD Storage Cartridges (OpenSCAD)
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Customizable without proprietary software.
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There are lots of SMD storage solutions out there that promise customizability (including this one), but every one I've run across requires expensive (or at best, free-as-in-beer) proprietary software that would also amount to yet another package to have to learn how to use when all I want is to put some organization to the parts I've accumulated for various projects. This one's different: it uses OpenSCAD to generate storage cartridges for whatever size of SMD tape you need, kn whatever capacity, and with options to hold multiple cartridges together with magnets and/or a DIN rail. It borrows several ideas from similar gadgets I've seen elsewhere.
The source file is reasonably well-commented so that it should be easy to figure out what to tweak to produce the sizes you need/want.
I've also included a script to produce thin, quick-printing labels that you can glue on, since 8mm paper labels for label printers seem to be hard to come by. They're intended to be printed in two colors: the first two layers in the background color you want, then the last three in the text color you want.
This project is also on GitLab.
din_rail.scad is from Printables.com and is included for reference.
fontmetrics.scad is from Thingiverse and is used by the labeler script.