Boxes.py
Create boxes and more with a laser cutter!
Boxes.py is an Open Source box generator written in Python. It features both finished parametrized generators as well as a Python API for writing your own. It features finger and (flat) dovetail joints, flex cuts, holes and slots for screws, hinges, gears, pulleys and much more.
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Boxes
- ABox - A simple Box
- AngledBox - Box with both ends cornered
- BasedBox - Fully closed box on a base
- BayonetBox - Round box made from layers with twist on top
- BrickSorter - Stackable nestable sorting sieve for bricks
- CardBox - Box for storage of playing cards, with versatile options
- ClosedBox - Fully closed box
- Console - Console with slanted panel
- Console2 - Console with slanted panel and service hatches
- DiceBox - Box with lid and integraded hinge for storing dice
- DisplayCase - Fully closed box intended to be cut from transparent acrylics and to serve as a display case.
- ElectronicsBox - Closed box with screw on top and mounting holes
- EuroRackSkiff - 3U Height case with adjustable width and height and included rails
- HalfBox - Configurable half of a box which can be: a bookend, a hanging shelf, an angle clamping jig, ...
- HingeBox - Box with lid attached by cabinet hinges
- IntegratedHingeBox - Box with lid and integraded hinge
- Keypad - Generator for keypads with mechanical switches.
- NotesHolder - Box for holding a stack of paper, coasters etc
- OpenBox - Box with top and front open
- PirateChest - Box with polygon lid with chest hinges.
- Rack10Box - Closed box with screw on top for mounting in a 10" rack.
- Rack19Box - Closed box with screw on top for mounting in a 19" rack.
- Rack19HalfWidth - Half width 19inch rack unit for musical equipment.
- RackBox - Closed box with screw on top and mounting holes
- RegularBox - Box with regular polygon as base
- RegularStarBox - Regular polygon boxes that form a star when closed
- SideDoorHousing - Box with service hatches on either one or both of the sides that are locked with latches
- SideHingeBox - Box, with an hinge that does not protrude from the back of the box, and a latch.
- SlidingDrawer - Sliding drawer box
- TwoPiece - A two piece box where top slips over the bottom half to form the enclosure.
- UnevenHeightBox - Box with different height in each corner
- UniversalBox - Box with various options for different styles and lids
Boxes with flex
- BreadBox - A BreadBox with a gliding door
- DoubleFlexDoorBox - Box with two part lid with living hinges and round corners
- FlexBook - Box with living hinge styled after a book.
- FlexBox - Box with living hinge and round corners
- FlexBox2 - Box with living hinge and top corners rounded
- FlexBox3 - Box with living hinge
- FlexBox4 - Box with living hinge and left corners rounded
- FlexBox5 - Box with living hinge and round corners
- HeartBox - Box in the form of a heart
- RoundedBox - Box with vertical edges rounded
- RoundedRegularBox - Regular polygone box with vertical edges rounded
- ShutterBox - Box with a rolling shutter made of flex
- UBox - Box various options for different stypes and lids
Trays and Drawer Inserts
- CompartmentBox - Type tray variation with sliding lid
- DividerTray - Divider tray - rows and dividers
- DrillBox - A parametrized box for drills
- GridfinityBase - A parameterized Gridfinity base
- GridfinityDrillBox - A Gridfinity box for drills or similar tools
- GridfinityTrayLayout - A Gridfinity Tray Generator based on TrayLayout
- HobbyCase - A case that can be used in any hobby involving small pieces in need of organizing.
- SlantedTray - One row tray with high back wall and low front wall
- SmallPartsTray - Tray with slants to easier get out game tokens or screws
- SmallPartsTray2 - A Type Tray variant with slopes toward the front
- TrayInsert - Tray insert without floor and outer walls - allows only continuous walls
- TrayLayout - Generate a typetray from a layout file.
- TypeTray - Type tray - allows only continuous walls
Shelves
- BinTray - A Type tray variant to be used up right with sloped walls in front
- CardHolder - Shelf for holding (multiple) piles of playing cards / notes
- DiscRack - A rack for storing disk-shaped objects vertically next to each other
- DisplayShelf - Shelf with slanted floors
- PaintStorage - Stackable storage for hobby paint or other things
- SBCMicroRack - Stackable rackable racks for SBC Pi-Style Computers
- SpicesRack - Rack for cans of spices
- StackableBin - Stackable bin base on bintray
- StorageRack - StorageRack to store boxes and trays which have their own floor
- StorageShelf - StorageShelf can be used to store Typetray
- WineRack - Honey Comb Style Wine Rack
WallMounted
- DinRailBox - Box for DIN rail used in electrical junction boxes
- KeyHolder - Wall organizer with hooks for keys or similar small items
- RollHolder - Holder for kitchen rolls or other rolls
- WallCaliper - Holds a single caliper to a wall
- WallChiselHolder - Wall tool holder for chisels, files and similar tools
- WallConsole - Outset and angled plate to mount stuff to
- WallDrillBox - Box for drills with each compartment with a different height
- WallEdges - Shows the different edge types for wall systems
- WallHopper - Storage hopper with dispensing tray
- WallPinRow - Outset and angled plate to mount stuff to
- WallPlaneHolder - Hold a plane to a wall
- WallPliersHolder - Bar to hang pliers on
- WallRack - Wall mountable rack for spices or other items
- WallRollHolder - Holder for kitchen rolls or other rolls
- WallSlottedHolder - Wall tool holder with slots
- WallStackableBin - A wall-mounted bin that can stack or hang from a wall.
- WallStairs - Platforms in different heights e.g. for screw drivers
- WallTypeTray - Type tray - allows only continuous walls
- WallWrenchHolder - Hold a set of wrenches at a wall
Hole patterns
- FanHole - Hole pattern for mounting a fan
- FrontPanel - Mounting Holes and cutouts for all your holy needs.
- HolePattern - Generate hole patterns in different simple shapes
- NemaPattern - Mounting holes for a Nema motor
- SevenSegmentPattern - Holepatterns and walls for a seven segment digit
Parts and Samples
- BurnTest - Test different burn values
- ConcaveKnob - Round knob serrated outside for better gripping
- FillTest - Piece for testing different settings for hole filling
- FlexTest - Piece for testing different flex settings
- FlexTest2 - Piece for testing 2D flex settings
- GearBox - Gearbox with multiple identical stages
- Gears - Gears
- LBeam - Simple L-Beam: two pieces joined with a right angle
- LaserHoldfast - A holdfast for honey comb tables of laser cutters
- NemaMount - Mounting bracket for a Nema motor
- Planetary - Planetary Gear with possibly multiple identical stages
- Pulley - Timing belt pulleys for different profiles
- RectangularWall - Simple wall with options for different edges
- RobotArm - Segments of servo powered robot arm
- WavyKnob - Round knob serrated outside for better gripping
- ZBeam - Z-Beam (or U-Beam): three pieces joined at right angles
Misc
- AgricolaInsert - Agricola Revised Edition game box insert, including some expansions.
- AirPurifier - Housing for the Nukit Open Air Purifier
- AllEdges - Showing all edge types
- AngledCutJig - Jig for making angled cuts in a laser cutter
- Arcade - Desktop Arcade Machine
- Atreus21 - Generator for a split atreus keyboard.
- BirdHouse - Simple Bird House
- BookHolder - Angled display stand for books, ring files, flyers, postcards, or business cards.
- BottleStack - Stack bottles in a fridge
- BottleTag - Paper slip over bottle tag
- CanStorage - Storage box for round containers
- CarbonFilter - Compact filter for activated char coal pellets
- CoffeeCapsuleHolder - Coffee capsule holder
- CoinBankSafe - A piggy-bank designed to look like a safe.
- CoinDisplay - A showcase for a single coin
- Desksign - Simple diagonal plate with stands to show name or message.
- DiceTower - Tool for fairly rolling dice
- Dispenser - Dispenser for stackable (flat) items of same size
- Display - Display for flyers or leaflets
- DrillStand - Box for drills with each compartment of a different height
- FilamentSpool - A two part spool for 3D printing filament
- Folder - Book cover with flex for the spine
- Hook - A hook with a rectangular mouth to mount at the wall
- JointPanel - Create pieces larger than your laser cutter by joining them with Dove Tails
- LaptopStand - A simple X shaped frame to support a laptop on a given angle
- LaserClamp - A clamp to hold down material to a knife table
- MagazineFile - Open magazine file
- MakitaPowerSupply - Bench power supply powered with Maktia 18V battery or laptop power supply
- Matrix - WS2812b matrix enclosure
- OttoBody - Otto LC - a laser cut chassis for Otto DIY - body
- OttoLegs - Otto LC - a laser cut chassis for Otto DIY - legs
- OttoSoles - Foam soles for the OttO bot
- PaperBox - Box made of paper, with lid.
- PhoneHolder - Smartphone desk holder
- PhotoFrame - 3-layer photo frame with a slot at the top to slide matboard/acrylic/glass over the photo after glue-up.
- PizzaShovel - Pizza shovel with conveyor belt action
- PoleHook - Hook for pole like things to be clamped to another pole
- RoyalGame - The Royal Game of Ur
- Shadowbox - The frame and spacers necessary to display a shadowbox / lightbox.
- Shoe - Shoe shaped box
- SkadisBoard - Customizable Ikea like pegboard
- Spool - A simple spool
- Stachel - Bass Recorder Endpin
- Tetris - 3D Tetris shapes
- TrafficLight - Traffic light
- TriangleLamp - Triangle LED Lamp
Unstable
- Castle - Castle tower with two walls
- OrganPipe - Rectangular organ pipe based on pipecalc
- Planetary2 - Balanced force Difference Planetary Gear (not yet working properly)
- Platonic - Platonic solids generator
- Rotary - Rotary Attachment for engraving cylindrical objects in a laser cutter
- SevenSegmentClock - Seven segment clock build with LED stripe
- Silverware - Cuttlery stand with carrying grip using flex for rounded corners