LED Strip Mount for FFCP Cable Tie Screws or Standalone by dewhisna

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I wanted to add some white LED light strips to my FlashForge Creator Pro and wanted to attach them to the cable tie screws on the vertical supports and at an angle. I found several LED strip mounts online, but nothing quite like I was wanting, so I designed one in OpenSCAD and parameterized it for easy customization.
I am presently using two of these strips on my 2016 FFCP printer, one on each of the front vertical supports or corners. They can easily be mounted on the other two corners as well for even more light, but I figured this would be enough extra light and a good starting point.
My final design that I used on my printer is rendered in the accompanying .STL files. These were designed to use the standard 30cm 15-LED White Light Strips with 3 LEDs cut off to fit the corners. The parameters for the strip width and spacing in the OpenSCAD file are for that configuration.
Note that these 15-LED strips are wired in groups of 3 LEDs and can be reduced in length by cutting them off in groups of 3. The original 300mm was too long to fit on the corners, but 12-LEDs or 244mm is about perfect.
I also wanted them to be mounted at a 45-degree angle, but made that a configurable parameter too. They attach to the three cable tie screws on the vertical supports (or corners) of the printer with 3mm nuts. If you are attaching it to a vertical support that already has cable ties, use some 3mmx12mm or similar stand-offs to clear the cable ties.
I also designed it to be rendered either as a single piece or as a left/right half that can be joined together with glue and/or acetone (if using ABS). The FFCP can print these as a single piece, but just barely and only if you rotate it 60-degrees.
To change the part rendered, just edit the RenderType variable. 0=Full Part, 1=Left Half, and 2=Right Half. The RenderSplit variable determines where the split is to be made (presently at 60%). If changing that, be sure not to split on one of the mounting tongues or it won't work correctly.
The cut shape when rendering as left/right halves is controlled by the RenderCutMag array and RenderCutCount variable, which must be the number of points in RenderCutMag, minus 1, as it represents the number of actual line segments for the cut.
Supports aren't needed unless you alter the angle to something that requires it. Just flip it over to print flat. And no raft is needed. I did print it at 100% infill to make the long thin mount a bit stronger. Though the infill setting makes little difference in amount of filament used.
This LED Strip Mount isn't limited to the FFCP nor to 3D printers at all. With a little customization, it can be used for mounting LED Strips on nearly anything.