Cable clip, customizable: 3 snap-in channels for any cable diameter

A small clip that holds 3 round cables side by side, under a desk or on a wall. Each cable presses into its own channel through an opening narrower than the cable, and stays there. The default is for 6 mm cables: 6.3 mm channels with a 5.36 mm opening, on a 47.5 x 18 x 9 mm part. Set the cable diameter (2 to 20 mm), the snap opening, the clip depth along the cables and the base, and pick screw ears, an adhesive base or both.

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Parameters

Mounting

Screw size

Cable diametermm

Channel clearancemm

Snap opening (fraction of channel)

Wall between cablesmm

Clip depth (along cable)mm

Base thicknessmm

Base margin around clip (adhesive area)mm

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It prints flat on its base with no supports, and the entry of each channel is chamfered. The snap fit is modelled, not tested: cables vary and PLA is stiffer than PETG, so print one clip, press your cable in, and raise the clearance or the snap opening by one step if it is too tight. All 3 channels are the same size, so mixed cables need the size of the thickest one.

Parameters

Every slider in the viewer above, with the range the model accepts. The model rebuilds valid at both ends of each range.

Parameter	Range	Default	What it changes
Cable diameter	2 to 20 mm	6 mm	Diameter of your cables. Measure the thickest one: all 3 channels share this size.
Channel clearance	0 to 1 mm	0.3 mm	Added to the cable diameter to size each channel. Raise it if cables are hard to press in.
Snap opening (fraction of channel)	0.6 to 1	0.85	Width of the snap opening as a fraction of the channel. Lower holds tighter; 1 leaves the channel open with no snap.
Wall between cables	1.6 to 6 mm	2.5 mm	Thickness of the walls between the cables and at both ends.
Clip depth (along cable)	6 to 40 mm	12 mm	Length of the clip along the cables. A longer clip holds them straighter.
Base thickness	2.4 to 6 mm	3 mm	Thickness of the base under the cables, which is also the depth of the screw countersinks.
Base margin around clip (adhesive area)	0 to 15 mm	3 mm	Extra base all around the clip for an adhesive pad. 0 removes it.
Mounting	screw, adhesive, both	both	Screw ears at both ends, a plain base for adhesive, or both.
Screw size	M3, M4	M3	Size of the 2 countersunk screws in the ears.

Proof: measured on the model

What the design must satisfy and what our CAD engine measured on the model at the default values. Only measured values are shown here; nothing on this page has been printed by us yet.

Requirement	Wanted	Measured
Channel width (6 mm cable plus 0.3 mm clearance)	6.3 mm	6.3 mm
Snap opening above the cable (85% of the channel)	5.36 mm	5.355 mm
Overall length with the screw ears	47.5 mm	47.5 mm
Clip height	9 mm	8.985 mm
Countersunk holes for M3 screws (3.4 mm)	2 holes	2

valid solid, one body, 47.5 x 18 x 9 mm, fits a 256 x 256 x 256 mm printer; overhangs: 0.0% of surface would need support.

Print notes

Orientation: Flat on its base with the channels up, as modelled.
Supports: None
Material: PETG for a snap that flexes; PLA is stiffer, so open the snap a step
Layer height: 0.2 mm
Hardware: 2 x M3 countersunk screws in screw or both mode (M4 with the Screw size option); or 1 x double-sided adhesive pad, about 35 x 24 mm, in adhesive mode
Time and filament: About 10 min and 3 g at the default size: a rough estimate from the model's volume and surface (PLA, 15% infill, about 1 mm of walls, 0.2 mm layers), not a slicer.

Print one clip and press your cable in before printing a batch. If it is too tight, raise Channel clearance or Snap opening by one step.
Press each cable straight down into its channel and pull it straight out to release it.
With the default 3 mm margin the flat base is 34.9 x 24 mm. Raise Base margin for a bigger adhesive area.

How it was designed

Designed with buildcad's AI agent, checked by the buildcad team. This is the request it started from and an edited account of what it did (more on how text to CAD works).

The request
A desk cable clip that holds 3 round cables side by side, cable diameter adjustable (default 6 mm), with a screw hole or adhesive pad base.

1
Checks before the model
The agent wrote 4 checks first: a block about 28.9 mm long for 3 channels of 6.3 mm and 4 walls of 2.5 mm, a height of about 12 mm, a flat base, and two 3.4 mm holes for M3 screws.
2
First build: two targets were off
The model built as one valid body with two 3.4 mm screw holes and nothing overhanging, but two checks were out of range. The length check measured the whole part with its screw ears, 47.5 mm, and the clip came out 9 mm high, not 12, because the lips stop just below the top of the cable.
3
Targets corrected, extremes swept
The agent kept the model and set the targets to the measured 47.5 mm length and 9 mm height. All 4 checks then passed, and the slider sweep rebuilt all 14 extremes as one valid body each.
4
What it left to the maker
Its reply says the snap was not test-printed and asks for one test clip with your actual cable, opening the clearance or the snap by one step if it is too tight.

One run of the agent: 1 min 20 s, about $0.17 of model time at list price (claude-sonnet-5-5). The model code behind this page is the code it wrote, unchanged.

Change it with AI

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