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.)

  • @aodhsishajEnglish
    34•5 months ago

    That is not properly secure storage for such a valuable item

    • @dual_sport_dorkOPEnglish
      9•5 months ago

      For illustrative purposes only. Terms and condtions apply.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•5 months ago

    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?

    • @dual_sport_dorkOPEnglish
      3•5 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.

  • @profdc9English
    2•4 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.

  • @FaildiniEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    It generated printable Black Lotuses? Jackpot!

    • @dual_sport_dorkOPEnglish
      1•4 months ago

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

  • @[email protected]English
    2•4 months ago

    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?

    • @dual_sport_dorkOPEnglish
      2•4 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.