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FreeCAD Make-A-Box Generator (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I just dropped this on Printables: A FreeCAD based custom size box generator. I've been using it for all kinds of stuff. Maybe some of you lot will get some use out of it, too.

https://www.printables.com/model/770701-parametric-simple-custom-box-maker-freecad-generat

Plug in your parameters, make a box with filament hinges -- No hardware required. No screws, no nuts, no supports, no glue, no Fusion, no proprietary software, no going cross-eyed looking at OpenSCAD code.

(And yes, the default size in the file will make an M:tG card deck case.)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That is not properly secure storage for such a valuable item

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

For illustrative purposes only. Terms and condtions apply.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I suggest uploading some default-size STLs so we can view the parts in 3D.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Capital idea. Done, and the Printable has been updated.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

nice 45° angles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Not my first rodeo with holes printed vertically.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Cool, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Sweet!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cool. Hope to print one later. Last week I have been searching for exactly this and could not find it. Did you think about an option for adding some simple dividers inside the box?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I'm sure there will inevitably be innumerable variants. I was thinking of adding a generator for Gridfinity inserts, and dividers wouldn't be too tough to add, either. Or handles, or swivel latches, etc., etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It generated printable Black Lotuses? Jackpot!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

For Version 2.0, I plan to add a feature that can do Moxes. You choose the color.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I have a few parametric projects I posed on my github:

https://github.com/profdc9/FreeCADParametricModels

One of them is called "Memorybox" and is a gift box I made that has parametrically definable dimensions, and the text embossed on it can be changed as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think you could improve the latch design by making it curved, with a large-diameter circle centered on the hinge. But I tried to sketch this in FreeCAD, and my circles are coming out as jaggy polygons instead of round. How do people get anything done with this software?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Just because it renders that way doesn't mean it is. Depending on your zoom level and probably settings, FreeCAD will simplify the rendering on your screen for performance.

If you used the circle tool in a sketch, the final output when you export or whatever will be a circle.