The story behind HexaNect.

It started with a shoe rack.

I was actually trying to avoid another project. Normally, if I need something, I'll just build it. But it was summer, the garage was hot and already full of half-finished projects, and I really didn't need to start another one.

So I bought a shoe rack instead.

It sucked.

Naturally, that somehow turned into a whole new project. I designed a much better one in Fusion 360, but while thinking about actually building it I started playing with another idea: simple straight-cut boards connected with 3D-printed parts.

I liked the look of it, I liked mixing materials and techniques, and I really liked the LEGO-like assembly idea. Print the connectors, make a few simple cuts, then put it together piece by piece. Easy to build, fun to assemble, and accessible without complicated joinery.

The interface changed everything.

I started building a simple visual interface because I wanted an easier way to design the structures without constantly jumping between models, dimensions and connector files.

I thought it would just be a basic helper for my own project. But once I could actually build furniture visually, see the boards, change dimensions and have the system figure out the connectors, it was way better than I expected. That was when it stopped feeling like a one-off experiment and started feeling like a real tool.