Parametric Flex-Hinge Box With Latch for OpenSCAD

Parametric Flex-Hinge Box for OpenScad

This design is a latched box which is printed as a single item
without any supports. The box is parametrically designed so that a family
of similar boxes can be generated by changing a few dimensions which are
defined at the top of the .scad file.

The generating file is an OpenScad command file. I have generated and printed
many boxes at a time. I think that it is an advantage to not have conventional
hinges on a box since they are frequently difficult to print and use.

The flexible hinges on this box lie unobtrusively against the back of the box when it is
closed and make a cleaner presentation than hinged boxes provide. Two thin hinges
also have an advantage over thicker hinges in that they are more flexible and provide
better alignment of the box and top. They also use less plastic than a thick hinge would.

Many printable boxes are rounded off, but I like
a square box for its better capacity and easy packing into a la