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LibFile: boardgame_toolkit.scad

This file has all the modules needed to generate varioius inserts for board games. It makes the generation of the inserts simpler by creating a number of useful base modules for making boxes and lids of various types specific to board game inserts. Specifically it makes tabbed lids and sliding lids easily.

To use, add the following lines to the beginning of your file:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>

File Contents

  1. Section: BuildingBlocks

  2. Section: SlidingBox

  3. Section: TabbedLid

Constant: m_piece_wiggle_room

Description:

How many mm to use as gaps for when things join.

Section: BuildingBlocks

Building blocks to make all the rest of the items from. This has all the basic parts of the board game toolkit for making polygons and laying them out.

Module: RoundedBoxOnLengeth()

Usage:

  • RoundedBoxOnLength(100, 50, 10, 5);

Description:

Creates a rounded box for use in the board game insert with a nice radius on two sides (length side).

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width width of the cube
length of the cube
height of the cube
radius radius of the curve on the edges

Example 1:

RoundedBoxOnLengeth() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RoundedBoxOnLength(30, 20, 10, 7);



Module: RoundedBoxAllSides()

Usage:

  • RoundedBoxAllSides(30,20,10,5);

Description:

Creates a rounded box with all the sides rounded.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width width of the cube
length of the cube
height of the cube
radius radius of the curve on the edges

Example 1:

RoundedBoxAllSides() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RoundedBoxAllSides(30, 20, 10, 7);



Module: RoundedBoxGrid()

Usage:

  • RoundedBoxGrid(20,20,10,5, rows=2, cols=1);

Description:

Create a grid of rounded boxes, this is useful for inserting a number of containers inside a insert box.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width width of the space (total, inside will be divided by this)
length of the space (total, inside will be divided by this)
height of the space
radius radius of the curve on the edges
rows number of rows to generate
cols number of cols to generate
spacing number of mm between the spaces (default 2)
all_sides round all the sides (default false)

Example 1:

RoundedBoxGrid() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RoundedBoxGrid(30, 20, 10, 7, rows=2, cols=1);



Module: RegularPolygon()

Usage:

  • RegularPolygon(10, 5, 6);

Description:

Creates a regular polygon with specific height/width and number of edges.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width total width of the piece, this is equivilant to the apothem of a polygon * 2
height how high to create the item
shape_edges number of edges for the polygon

Example 1:

RegularPolygon() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RegularPolygon(10, 5, shape_edges = 6);



Module: RegularPolygonGrid()

Usage:

  • RegularPolygonGrid(10, 2, 1, 2)

Description:

Lays out the grid with all the polygons as children. The layout handles any shape as children. This uses the exact width of the polygon to layout the underlying grid. This just does all the spacing, the actual generation is done using the children to this module. This is usually used in conjuction with RegularPolygon()

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width total width of the piece, this is equivilant to the apothem of a polygon * 2
rows number of rows to generate
cols number of cols to generate
spacing spacing between shapres

Example 1:

RegularPolygonGrid() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RegularPolygonGrid(width = 10, rows = 2, cols = 1, spacing = 2)
   RegularPolygon(width = 10, height = 5, shape_edges = 6);

Module: RegularPolygonGridDense()

Usage:

  • RegularPolygonGridDense(10, 2, 1)

Description:

Lays out the grid with all the polygons as children in a dense layout, this only works for triangles and hexes. It will do a dense space filling using the spacing as the distance between the polygons. This uses the exact width of the polygon to layout the underlying grid. This just does all the spacing, the actual generation is done using the children to this module. This is usually used in conjuction with RegularPolygon()

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width total width of the piece, this is equivilant to the apothem of a polygon * 2
rows number of rows to generate
cols number of cols to generate
spacing spacing between shapres

Example 1:

RegularPolygonGridDense() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RegularPolygonGridDense(width = 10, rows = 3, cols = 2, spacing = 2)
   RegularPolygon(width = 10, height = 5, shape_edges = 6);

Module: LidMeshHex()

Usage:

  • LidMeshHex(width = 70, length = 50, lid_height = 3, boundary = 10, radius = 5, shape_thickness = 2);

Description:

Make a hex mesh for the lid. This makes a nice pattern for use on the lids.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width width of the mesh section
length the length of the mesh section
lid_height how high the lid is
boundary how wide of a boundary edge to put on the side of the lid
radius the radius of the polygon to create
shape_thickness how thick to generate the gaps between the hexes

Example 1:

LidMeshHex() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
LidMeshHex(width = 100, length = 50, lid_height = 3, boundary = 10, radius = 10, shape_thickness = 2);

Module: LidMeshRepeating()

Usage:

  • LidMeshRepeating(50, 20, 3, 5, 10);

Description:

Make a mesh for the lid with a repeating shape. It uses the children of this to repeat the shape.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width width of the mesh section
length the length of the mesh section
lid_height how high the lid is
boundary how wide of a boundary edge to put on the side of the lid
shape_width the width to use between each shape.

Example 1:

LidMeshRepeating() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
LidMeshRepeating(width = 50, length = 50, lid_height = 3, boundary = 5, shape_width = 10)
   difference() {
     circle(r = 7);
     circle(r = 6);
   }

Section: SlidingBox

All the pieces for making sliding lids and different types of sliding lids/boxes.

Module: SlidingLid()

Usage:

  • SlidingLid(width=10, length=30, lid_height=3, wall_thickness = 2, lid_size_spacing = 0.2);

Description:

Creates a sliding lid for a sliding lid box, the children to this module are inserted into the lid. This does all the right things on the edges, uses some wiggle room to add in a buffer and also does a small amount of angling on the ends to make them easier to insert.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width the width of the box itself
length the length of the box itself
lid_height the height of the lid (defaults to 3)
wall_thickness how wide the side walls are (defaults to 2)
lid_size_spacing how much of an offset to use in generate the slides spacing on all four sides defaults to
[m_piece_wiggle_room](#constant-m_piece_wiggle_room)

Example 1:

SlidingLid() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
SlidingLid(width=100, length=100, lid_height=3, wall_thickness = 2)
  translate([ 10, 10, 0 ])
    LidMeshHex(width = 100, length = 100, lid_height = 3, boundary = 10, radius = 12);

Module: SlidingBoxLidWithLabel

Usage:

  • SlidingBoxLidWithLabel(
  • width = 100, length = 100, lid_height = 3, text_width = 60,

  • text_length = 30, text_str = "Trains", label_rotated = false);

Description:

This is a composite method that joins together the other pieces to make a simple lid with a label and a hex grid. The children to this as also pulled out of the lid so can be used to build more complicated lids.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
width width of the box (outside dimension)
length length of the box (outside dimension)
lid_height height of the lid
text_width width of the text section
text_length length of the text section
text_str The string to write
lid_boundary how much boundary should be around the pattern (default 10)
label_radius radius of the rounded corner for the label section (default 12)
border how wide the border strip on the label should be (default 2)
offset how far inside the border the label should be (degault 4)
label_rotated if the label should be rotated, default to false

Example 1:

SlidingBoxLidWithLabel Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
SlidingBoxLidWithLabel(
    width = 100, length = 100, lid_height = 3, text_width = 60,
    text_length = 30, text_str = "Trains", label_rotated = false);

Module: MakeHexBoxWithSlidingLid()

Usage:

  • MakeHexBoxWithSlidingLid(5, 7, 19, 1, 29);

Description:

Creates a box with a specific number of hex spaces given the rows/cols and width of the pieces. Useful for making 18xx style boxes quickly. Children to this are the same as children to the MakeBoxWithSlidingLid.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
rows number of rows to generate
cols number of cols to generate
height height of the box itsdle (outside height)
push_block_height height of the raised bit in the middle to make removing easier
lid_height height of the lid (defaults to 3)
wall_thickness thickness of the walls (defaults to 2)
spacing spacing between the hexes

Example 1:

MakeHexBoxWithSlidingLid() Example 1 
include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
MakeHexBoxWithSlidingLid(rows = 5, cols = 2, height = 10, push_block_height = 0.75, tile_width = 29);

Section: TabbedLid

Indices

Table of Contents
Function Index
Topics Index
Cheat Sheet
Tutorials

List of Files:

Boxes:

Basics:

Dividers:

Shapes:

Slicing:

CardLibrary:

Miscellaneous:

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