Desk & office

Vertical laptop stand for closed-lid docking

A weighted-look holder that stores a closed laptop on its edge beside a monitor. The slot is sized to the laptop thickness plus 2 mm of clearance, lined with 1.5 mm pads at the contact points to protect the finish, and 40 mm deep so the machine cannot topple. A 12 mm thick base with a 120 mm footprint provides stability, ventilation gaps in the slot floor let heat escape, and a rear channel routes the power cable. Open the ready-made model free, resize it on your phone or computer, then download a print-ready STL, 3MF or G-code sliced for your printer, free.
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Vertical laptop stand for closed-lid docking, 3D printable model preview
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Open

Create a free account (no card) and open this ready-made model in SpeakCAD. It renders in your browser, on your phone or computer. It is not a fixed STL: every dimension stays editable.
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Adjust

Change its numbers in the viewer for free, or ask the AI in the chat: wall thickness, hole size, the thing it clips onto. AI changes use 2 credits per request (1 for a quick edit, 3 for a redesign), paid with a plan from Maker at $7.99 a month.
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Print

Download a watertight STL or 3MF free, with your numbers and hand edits, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price. After an AI change the download is included in every plan (4 credits without one).

Dimensions of the ready-made model (editable)

ParameterValue
inner slot width for laptop edge18 mm
length of slot (matches base length)220 mm
pad thickness inside slot walls1.5 mm
structural wall thickness of slot3 mm
base plate thickness12 mm
base plate depth (front-back)120 mm
base plate length (matches slot length)220 mm
ventilation gap width10 mm
rear cable channel width10 mm
depth of channel cut into base rear12 mm
Measured values from the ready-made model; change any of them after opening it, or in the preview above.

Example prompt

Design a vertical laptop stand with a slot 18 mm wide, 40 mm deep and 220 mm long with 1.5 mm pads inside, 12 mm thick base 120 mm deep, three 10 mm ventilation gaps in the slot floor, a 10 mm cable channel at the rear.

This prompt comes with the ready-made model when you sign in, in case you want the AI to redesign it (3 credits a redesign); changing numbers in the viewer is free.

Fit notes

Laptops range from 10 to 25 mm thick, so a stand generated around your model's exact dimensions grips properly where a generic one wobbles. Give SpeakCAD the thickness and width, view the stand in your browser, adjust the angle or add a second slot for a tablet, and download the STL when it fits.

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Questions people ask about a vertical laptop stand for closed-lid docking

A weighted-look holder that stores a closed laptop on its edge beside a monitor. The slot is sized to the laptop thickness plus 2 mm of clearance, lined with 1.5 mm pads at the contact points to protect the finish, and 40 mm deep so the machine cannot topple. A 12 mm thick base with a 120 mm footprint provides stability, ventilation gaps in the slot floor let heat escape, and a rear channel routes the power cable.

Click Open it free on this page and create a free account (no card): the ready-made model opens in your browser, on your phone or computer, nothing to install. Change its numbers in the viewer for free and download a watertight STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price. An AI change in the chat uses 2 credits per request (3 for a redesign), and the download after it is included in every plan (4 credits without one). Start with Maker: 50 credits a month for $7.99, cancel anytime.

On this page: open the ready-made model free in a SpeakCAD account (no card), change any dimension in the viewer, then download the STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price.

A shared STL is modelled for someone else's measurements. Here you open the ready-made model free, change it to your measurements in the viewer, then download a file sized for the part you actually own, free as STL or 3MF.

Yes. SpeakCAD slices the part on its servers with OrcaSlicer and your printer's official profile (380+ printers, including Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality and Elegoo), and you download the G-code (a sliced .gcode.3mf for Bambu Lab printers). G-code sliced for your printer costs the same as the STL: included in every plan, free for a part you shaped by hand, 4 credits without a plan for a part with AI work in it. Pick your printer on the printers page to see its profile.

No. SpeakCAD runs in the browser on your phone or computer: the chat, the 3D engine and the live viewer load in the tab. The only file you download is the finished STL, 3MF or sliced G-code.

Open, resize and print your vertical laptop stand for closed-lid docking

Nothing to install. Open the ready-made model in a free account, change its numbers in the viewer or shape it with the hand tools (a hole, a cut, rounded corners), then download the STL or 3MF free, or sliced G-code with credits.

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