This box is designed to be generated according to your configuration. STL and print profiles are provided as EXAMPLES. Use the Customize button to generate and download your box.

The lid of this box can be attached in multiple orientations, allowing it to be utilized as a discard pocket/compartment. The compact design makes it a great module for your board game insert and helps to save precious space on your gaming shelve and table.

You can:

• customize it to fit cards of different sizes including protection sleeve compensation
• generate a box to store other board game assets like tiles, player sheets, tokens, etc.
• use it as an organization module in your board game insert
• place dividers* to improve content management
• emboss custom text and SVG image**
• share photos of your boxes in the comments
• share your ideas in the comments to implement new customization options

 * - due to Makerworld limitations you can divide the capacity of the box only into equal chunks. Custom divider placement is supported when you open a .scad file in OpenSCAD. Use the Subdivisions option to specify the array of lengths to allocate divisions.

 ** - text and SVG can be customized only in the slicer. Provided print profiles can be used to simplify this process.

Printing tips

• The dimensional accuracy of your printer and filament is critical to achieving a good usage experience with this card holder.
• The Lid SHOULD always be printed perpendicular to the Box. It will guarantee smooth sliding and snapping.
• You can use the Split > To Objects function in a slicer, if you want to print the lid and box on different build plates.
• PETG allows the usage of thinner walls thanks to good layer adhesion and flexibility. However, I printed most test samples in PLA and had no major issues except my own mistakes.
• Use reference print profiles

How to use reference print profiles

The current version of Parametric Model Maker does not have many fonts and does not allow the addition of SVG images. To cover this gap, I made a set of print profiles with a reference box generated to store MTG-size (63.5x88) sleeved cards. Just follow the below steps to generate and print your custom box:

1. Generate and Download STL of your box using the Customizer
2. Choose one of the reference print profiles, read the description of the chosen profile, and download the one you like.
   • Standard (single color)
   • Colored (AMS)
   • Colored (no AMS)
3. Use the Replace STL feature in the slicer and select your box generated in Step 1
4. Edit/adjust/remove/replace sample embossed text and SVG
5. (Optional) modify infill settings if you are printing card holder with a 2mm wall

Assembly

Boxes can be assembled in multiple different configurations which may be useful in different game mechanics.

IMPORTANT! It might be challenging to assemble a freshly printed box, especially in “L-shape”. You will need to use a gentle force the first few times, but after ~5-10 assembly cycles it will work like a glove. Adjust tolerance if you struggle to get dimensionally accurate, snappy result with your printer or filament.

Position	Description	Showcase
Closed	Slide the lid from top to bottom till it snaps in place. Use it when you don't play the game :) You can easily store it in the box of your board game.
Reversed	Slide the lid from bottom to top leaving the opening only from one side of the card holder. Useful when you can only draw cards to your hand or another deck with a separate discard pile.
The Office	Attach the lid to the back of the box to form a vertical rack. Draw cards from the top and discard them to the bottom, or vice versa, depending on your need to see a discard pile.    * - This assembly can be done only when the stack height is lower than the height of the box
L-shape	Slide the box with cards into the corner of the lid. It is best applicable when the game mechanic allows you to see the top of the discard pile and draw from it.
Flat	Snap the lid to the bottom of the box and put it flat on the table. Another position with a discard pile on display.
Secret	Use your imagination :)	???

Parameters

This section provides a detailed description of each customization option with usage recommendations.

Size Settings

The following settings will adjust box dimensions according to the provided card parameters:

• Length - exact length of the card that you want to store in the box
• Width - exact width of the card that you want to store in the box

Pro tip: Length and Width should represent exact dimention of a card (or other stackable item) that you want to store in the box. Do not add any buffers to this dimension. You will be able to control buffers with other settings below

Pro tip: You can swap length and width to achieve horizontal/vertical allignment of the content

• Stack height - total height of all stacked cards to place in the box
• Margin vertical - total free space added between your deck and the box in a vertical direction
• Margin horizontal -  total free space added between your deck and the box in a horizontal direction

Card protection sleeves

Use the following settings when you want to store cards in protection sleeves:

• Sleeve padding vertical - extra length added to card dimension in the vertical direction 
• Sleeve padding horizontal - extra length added to card dimension in the horizontal direction 

Dividers

These settings allow you to place dividers inside the box if you want to organize box content in subgroups:

• Divider type - specifies the geometry of dividers. you can choose from:
  • None - do not place any dividers. All other settings in this section will be ignored.
  • Wings - 5mm (compensated by Margin horizontal) wings that do not touch the box bottom added to each side
  • Grounded-Wings - 5mm (compensated by Margin horizontal) wings that start from the bottom of the box added to each side
  • Notched-Wall - wall with a 5mm notch at the top
• Division count - number of equal subdivisions of the box. Default value: 1 means that the whole box is a single division. Dividers are placed when 2 or more divisions are set. 
  DEPRECATED: will be replaced by Subdivisions when makerworld adds support to array parametersю
• Divider compensation - adjusts box size according to the amount and thickness of dividers to ensure that the stack will fit in the box regardless of the number of divisions (see Stack height)
• Divider thickness - thickness of dividers
• Subdivisions - an array of sizes to make custom divider placement. Each number defines the width between dividers. Divider will not be placed when the cumulative sum of previous divisions exceeds the box size defined by Stack height, Divider thickness, and number of divisions in this array

Box customization

• Box front type - geometry of the front wall that holds the deck. Supports the same list of geometries as the Divider type 
• Box top notch - enables a notch at the top of the box
• Box bottom notch - enables a notch at the bottom of the box
• Box back perforation - enables hexagonal perforation at the back side of the box

EXPERIMENTAL! Hex perforation may not be compatible with other customization options

• L snapping - adds extra rails and peg holes which allow to assemble box in the L-shape

Lid customization

• Lid window type - cut window in the lid which allows you to see the top card inside the box. Supported window geometries:
  • None - no window
  • Commander - cuts window equal to 3/5 of lid height allowing to see the top part of the card
  • Full - window at full height and width with 5mm padding adjusted according to Margin horizontal
• Lid top notch - enables a notch at the top of the lid
• Lid bottom notch - enables a notch at the bottom of the lid
• Lid front perforation - enables hexagonal perforation at the front side of the lid

EXPERIMENTAL! Hex perforation may not be compatible with other customization options

Fine-tuning

• Printing position - recommended printing orientations:
  • a - The lid is placed on the same row as the box. Use for small and medium stacks 
  • b - The lid is parallel to the box. Use for large stacks 
• Wall - wall thickness
• Tolerance - the gap between the box and the lid surfaces
• Peg collision - lid pegs collision depth. Pegs mesh collides into slide rails making snapping possible. 0 collision value creates the weakest grip. Increase to make a better grip.
• Notch padding - distance from the side of the box to the notch edge (same for all notches)
• Notch depth - depth of the notch (same for all notches including Notched-Wall divider)

Pro Tip: notch adjustment helps to allign notch edges with hexagonal perforation and Grounded-Wings divider to avoid overhangs

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