Boxes.py


ShutterBox

Box with a rolling shutter made of flex

Settings for Finger Joints

angle
style

style of the fingers

surroundingspaces

space at the start and end in multiple of normal spaces

bottom_lip

height of the bottom lips sticking out (multiples of thickness) FingerHoleEdge only!

edge_width

space below holes of FingerHoleEdge (multiples of thickness)

extra_length

extra material to grind away burn marks (multiples of thickness)

finger

width of the fingers (multiples of thickness)

play

extra space to allow finger move in and out (multiples of thickness)

space

space between fingers (multiples of thickness)

width

width of finger holes (multiples of thickness)

Settings for Flex

stretch

Hint of how much the flex part should be shortened

connection

width of the gaps in the cuts (multiples of thickness)

distance

width of the pattern perpendicular to the cuts (multiples of thickness)

width

width of the pattern in direction of the cuts (multiples of thickness)

ShutterBox Settings

x

inner width in mm

y

inner depth in mm

h

inner height in mm

radius

radius of the corners

style

Number of rounded top corners

Default Settings

thickness

thickness of the material (in mm) 🛈

format

format of resulting file 🛈

tabs

width of tabs holding the parts in place (in mm)(not supported everywhere) 🛈

debug

print surrounding boxes for some structures 🛈

labels

label the parts (where available)

reference

print reference rectangle with given length (in mm)(zero to disable) 🛈

inner_corners

style for inner corners 🛈

burn

burn correction (in mm)(bigger values for tighter fit) 🛈



Beware of the rolling shutter effect! Use wax on sliding surfaces.

Inside

Detail