Standards

Designing to a standard

Gridfinity, Skådis, LEGO, VESA, 2020 extrusion, bottle threads: the shared dimensions that let a printed part drop into an ecosystem someone already owns — and what FDM does to those tolerances.

7 sections39 articles

Organization and storage

5 articles

Modular bins and drawers built on a shared grid — Gridfinity and the ecosystems that grew up alongside it, printed to fit.

Photo, video and mounts

6 articles

GoPro ears, tripod threads and quick-release plates — the mounting standards that connect cameras to everything else.

Threads and containers

5 articles

Bottle necks, jar mouths and hose threads — the real-world screw standards you can print a lid or an adapter for.

Furniture and home

5 articles

Kallax, Lack, Trofast and Besta — the IKEA dimensions worth knowing so an insert, a leg or a joint fits the first time.