Yogurt Pot Storage Rack

First, let’s try this model

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3889080

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Nothing wrong with it. It does the job well.

I also need to have one for other sizes of yogurt pot. Let’s get our hands dirty with cadquery.

import cadquery as cq

def support():
    return (
        cq.Workplane("XY")
        # the main body of the holder
        .box(
            xnum*width
            ,
            ynum*width
            ,
            height
        )
        .edges("|Z").fillet(8) # make the corners round, I don't understand the value I put here
        # let's make a small pipe to hold the yogurt pots
        .faces(">Z")
        .rarray(
            width,
            width,
            xnum,
            ynum,
            True
        )
        .cylinder(
            bump_height,
            diameter/2 + 2,
            combine=True,
            centered=(True, True, False)
        )
        .rarray(
            width,
            width,
            xnum,
            ynum,
            True
        )
        .cylinder(
            bump_height,
            diameter/2,
            combine="cut",
            centered=(True, True, False)
        )
        # then holes to avoid keeping moisture in them
        .rarray(
            width,
            width,
            xnum,
            ynum,
            True
        )
        .circle(
            short_diameter/2
        )
        .cutThruAll()
    )

def foot(depth):
    return (
        cq.Workplane("XY")
        # let's build from top to bottom
        .transformed(offset=cq.Vector(0, 0, -height/2), rotate=cq.Vector(0, 180, 0))
        # a central column big enough to resist the weight of the yogurt pots
        .cylinder(foot_length, foot_diameter/2, centered=(True, True, False))
        .tag("bottom")
        # let's make sure the cylinder shape goes as the same height of the
        # supports
        .faces("<Z", tag="bottom")
        .cylinder(foot_depth, foot_diameter/2)
        # first support, along the Y axis
        .faces("<Z", tag="bottom")
        .box(xnum*width - foot_support_width, foot_support_width, depth, combine=True)
        ## with reinforcement at its end
        .faces(">X")
        .box(foot_support_width, ynum*width * 0.75, depth, combine=True)
        .faces("<X")
        .box(foot_support_width, ynum*width * 0.75, depth, combine=True)
        # seconds support, along the X axis
        .faces("<Z", tag="bottom")
        .box(foot_support_width, ynum*width - foot_support_width, depth, combine=True)
        ## with reinforcement at its end
        .faces(">Y")
        .box(ynum*width * 0.75, foot_support_width, depth, combine=True)
        .faces("<Y")
        .box(ynum*width * 0.75, foot_support_width, depth, combine=True)
        .edges("|Z").fillet(0.9) # make the corners round, I don't understand the value I put here
    )
if model == "support":
    res = (
        support()
        # leave some space for the foot of the upper level
        .cut(foot(bump_height).translate(vec=cq.Vector(0, 0, foot_length + height + bump_height / 2)))
        # leave some space for the foot of the lower level
        .cut(foot(foot_depth).translate(vec=cq.Vector(0, 0, connector_depth)))
    )
else:
    res = foot(foot_depth)

cq.exporters.export(res, out)
return out

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Now, my yogurt pots are correctly organised. No more mold or spider web that needs to clean them before use!

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