# How to make a tripod foot storage cup with vibe CAD

Organize detached spare tripod feet in separate pockets so their shapes and labels stay visible. The holder surrounds the outer rubber or plastic body, leaving threaded ends clear and avoiding any role in supporting a tripod.

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

## Make this project
An unprinted organizer for spare parts, with no equipment-compatibility or support-capacity claim.

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
- Maximum outside diameter or width of each detached foot.
- Overall height including any threaded projection.
- Number of feet and preferred storage orientation.
- Drawer or case-compartment dimensions.

## 2. Give your CAD agent this prompt

Design a spare-tripod-foot storage cup with foot_widths, foot_heights, thread_projection, pocket_clearance, pocket_depth and pocket_spacing. Ask for missing dimensions and whether the feet are round or irregular. Use loose pockets around the outer bodies and relief space around threads. Add finger openings and simple position labels. This is storage for detached parts, not a replacement foot or tripod support.

## 3. Model and inspect
1. **Choose a consistent orientation** — Arrange the detached feet with their gripping surfaces visible. Record thread projections separately so those features can remain clear inside the holder.

2. **Create loose body pockets** — Build one shallow pocket per foot, using its widest outline. Place any thread relief deeper than the intended body-contact surface.

3. **Add access and labels** — Cut finger openings on the side used for removal. Label pockets by the user's own identifiers instead of assuming compatibility between similar-looking feet.

## 4. Check the prototype
- Review a pocket coupon against one detached foot before repeating the pattern.
- Inspect section views for clearance around every threaded projection.
- Compare the complete organizer height with the closed storage compartment.

## Avoid this mistake
Allowing a threaded end to bottom out can make the foot rock while hiding that the body pocket is too shallow.

## Choose the material
PLA or PETG may be considered for dry storage. Use measured clearance rather than printing functional replacement threads.

## Order this part now

[Submit your CAD](https://partsforagents.com/for-humans?project=tripod-foot-storage-cup#workspace) or [connect your agent](https://partsforagents.com/guides/cad-to-print#connect).

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.

Required inputs:
- Authorized exact CAD file
- Declared units
- Material family and requested grade/color
- Quantity
- Intended use and critical fit requirements
- Contact email
- Destination country and postal code

**No payment at submission.** Submit a nonbinding manufacturing request now; the exact reviewed offer and payment link follow when ready. Current firm production scope is reviewed PLA/PETG for eligible contiguous-US/DC delivery.

### 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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