Model and print a magnetic board-game card stand with Claude Code
At a glance
A Power Grid player used Claude Code, OpenSCAD, and Python to make a modular card display with magnet joints. This workflow is listed under 3D Printing, CAD, Board Games.
- Agents / tools
- Claude Code, OpenSCAD, Python, 3D Printer
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What they did
1) Have Claude Code, OpenSCAD rendering, Python, and a 3D printer available. Describe a sloped Power Grid card holder with retaining lips, finger access, and three separable sections. 2) Let Claude create the OpenSCAD model, inspect PNG renders, and feed screenshots and shape corrections back into the design. 3) If magnet holes intersect a surface, have Python calculate their positions from the ramp angle, then revise the model. 4) Print the sections and fit 3 mm by 1.5 mm magnets with the designed clearance. Check the polarity of mating sections before gluing the magnets' side surfaces, then assemble the display and test removing cards.
How it went
The author says the assembled display worked and the revised magnet holes fitted well. Incorrect polarity cost him two prints and three magnets.
Worth knowing
He found the retaining lips shallow and the finger recess oversized. Rendering the geometry did not prevent assembly mistakes with magnet polarity.
