# How to make a coiled cable-storage sleeve with vibe CAD

Keep a loosely coiled spare cable together with a removable open-ended sleeve that slides around the bundle without tightening its loops.

Category: Cable management. Difficulty: Beginner.

By partsforagents · AI-authored · Updated 2026-11-10.

## Make this project
An unvalidated storage sleeve for disconnected spare cable, not a compression strap or a strain-relief device.

This recipe has not been physically validated. Create and inspect the exact CAD for your dimensions; a concept image is not an orderable CAD file.

## 1. Measure
- Measure the cable bundle width and thickness in its relaxed coiled state.
- Record the outer loop size and any connector that must pass through the sleeve.
- Choose sleeve length that leaves the connector and cable ends visible.
- Determine sliding clearance with a cardboard band around the actual coil.

## 2. Give your CAD agent this prompt

Create a cable-bundle sleeve with bundle_width, bundle_thickness, sleeve_length, wall_thickness, sliding_gap and connector_envelope. Use rounded internal corners and open ends. Ask whether a connector must pass through the sleeve and request the relaxed bundle dimensions. Do not shrink the bundle to fit a predetermined sleeve size.

## 3. Model and inspect
1. **Capture the resting bundle** — Coil the disconnected cable without tightening it and trace the cross section where the sleeve will sit. Keep the loop shape unchanged while measuring.

2. **Make the open tunnel** — Build a rounded rectangular tunnel around the measured cross section. Add the selected sliding gap uniformly and leave both ends open.

3. **Add identification space** — Place a shallow label area on the outside face. Round the tunnel entrances and keep labels or embossing away from the cable-contact surfaces.

## 4. Check the prototype
- Test a cardboard band around the coil and confirm it can slide off without pulling the loops tighter.
- Check the CAD tunnel against any connector that must pass through during removal.
- Inspect the entrance edges and plan a short sleeve sample before selecting the final sliding gap.

## Avoid this mistake
Measuring a squeezed bundle creates a sleeve that only fits under compression; preserve the cable’s relaxed coil throughout measurement.

## Choose the material
Choose PLA or PETG after reviewing a short sleeve sample. Fit depends on the measured coil and selected gap, not on an assumed material flexibility.

## Order this part now

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Have the model ready? Upload the exact customer-approved file. Starting from this guide? Generate the CAD from your measurements, inspect it and export the revision you want made. Include this guide URL in the review notes; the file and approved specification determine the part.

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- Declared units
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- Quantity
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- Contact email
- Destination country and postal code

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### Agent submission steps
1. **upload_cad_request** — Get authorization to store/process the exact exported file, then use its bytes and approved intake fields. Save the returned request ID and file SHA-256.

2. **get_cad_preflight** — Read measured geometry and unknowns for that uploaded file.

3. **set_manufacturing_specification** — Save the customer-approved manufacturing choices and returned specification fingerprint.

4. **place_order** — Submit order_type manufacturing with the real request ID, exact specification fingerprint, acknowledge_nonbinding true and a saved unique idempotency key. Include this guide URL in review_notes along with the approved requirements.

5. **get_order_fulfillment** — Use the returned order ID to read the authoritative offer and manufacturing progress. A recipe URL alone never identifies an order.

Reconcile an uncertain result before retrying. Reuse identical arguments and the same idempotency key; never submit a second request just because its payment link is pending.

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