Software to make a simple box? February 03, 2017 02:27PM |
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DjDemonD
Probably easiest to go to thingiverse and there are customizers which will generate you a box.
[www.thingiverse.com]
Re: Software to make a simple box? February 03, 2017 05:34PM |
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animoose
I agree on using customizers on Thingiverse. My own is here: [www.thingiverse.com].
If you want to design it directly, a good starting point is to think in terms of boolean operations. I don't know Tinkercad, but in Blender you can do something like creating a cuboid for the basic outer size of the box, then taking the boolean difference with a smaller cuboid to carve out the space in the middle.
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Re: Software to make a simple box? February 03, 2017 06:41PM |
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DjDemonD
If you want to make one in tinkercad, drop a box onto the workplane, use ruler (press R) and you can see the dimensions. Make it the size externally you want your box. Now click it and hold alt and drag a copy of it away from the original. Now change the size of the copy to 4mm less in x and y (width and length), which gives you 2mm walls and 4mm less in height, which gives you a 2mm floor of the box but also a 2mm lip at the opening on top for the lid. Now make this smaller copy a hole. Then move it back over the original, centred it and raise it 2mm off the workplane.
Now the lid is just a 2mm thick box which has the x and y dimensions of your hole you just used to hollow out the first cube.
I'd I'm fairly handy with tinkercad now but I wish I had invested my time learning a proper CAD package, which I now intend to do.
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OnShape is hard to beat for a free service. The only concern is if they ever go bust and all your designs disappear with their servers. Fingers crossed they continue to prosper...
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