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Parametric Case/Box with Clip Latch

A simple box that requires no additional hardware or printing support
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updated January 25, 2023

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This is essentially a base for making more interesting boxes for things, in my a case for a dial indicator. I thought it would probably be useful for other people so here it is. It doesn't need any supports to print and wasn't designed with needing additional hardware in mind. It has a snap close latch that relies on the pliability of the plastic. I almost always print in PLA, so this aspect may differ/not work at all if you use something else. I've added a bunch of different random sizes to the files section, I'm not sure how useful that is really, but there you go. The f3d file is probably the important part. For what it's worth the minimum size that works is about 70W x 30H x 15D. These are probably the only parameters you would want to change, but I have explained some of the others too, in the parameter comments.

IMPORTANT NOTE: A lot of people seem to be printing the lid by laying it flat. You might get away with this, but it's not designed to be printed that way. It's supposed to be printed on its side, as it exports from Fusion.

UPDATE 11/11/22: Added TopCavityDepth and BottomCavityDepth parameters to control the size of the cavities.

UPDATE 20/11/22: Simplified internal cavity somewhat.

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