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If it were me, I probably would not be able to resist the urge to make whatever inserts you develop compatible with a Gridfinity baseplate, because I am that kind of nerd.
To create perfectly console-shaped two dimensional inserts, or at least close enough, I would start by laying each system flat on a piece of paper and tracing around it with a narrow bodied mechanical pencil. Stick this in your scanner and make an image out of it, and then trace over that image at scale in the CAD software of your choice (FreeCAD is... free). This will automatically come with a built in amount of clearance in the amount of half of the width of the body of your pencil.
Just make a flat base with a wall sticking up maybe 2-3mm thick or more if you feel like it, to roughly half the height of each object. You can put some gaps in it if you prefer to have places to grab the item directly.
That's clever. I've wantef an excuse to do gridfinity stuff for a whil. Should have thought of the scanner thing lol.
I am gonna check if there are existing modules already like another commenter suggested, but otherwise will use that paper truck