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Parametric Hex Box - WabenBox

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  • wb_145_45_72_2_21_2.stl
  • wbp_200_80_94.stl
  • wbpl_250_250_250.stl

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Publication date 2021-11-22 at 00:01
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Published to Thingiverse on: 2020-09-09 at 13:07
Design number 568119

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This is an abstraction from a series of boxes with honeycomb meshes I made (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4572320). Those boxes were handcrafted to fit a specific set of dimensions.
Here are FreeCAD files which are parametric so you can enter the exact length, width height of the box you want to create and it wil render the thing.
I included two versions here, one is limited to maximal 200 x 80 x 94 mm (length, width, height) while the other goes up to 250 x 250 x 250.
Ok, I lied: there is a 3. version based on the smaller dimensioned generator with 2mm-connectors instead of 3mm. rints faster at the price of stability so its better suited for smaller containers.

The problem is that with the included large or huge meshes recomputing the new box takes a lot of cpu time, and the larger those meshes, the more.
Thus the small versions, it is much more usable and as long as you don't need a larger box there is no use to wait for all the invisible parts to get recomputed.
The big model takes ages and unfortunately freeCAD recomputes after every single edit in the spreadsheet where the parameters are kept.

Update: added a version optimized for stable boxes with 3mm bottom and param thickness of walls which has a few less bugs

I included 2 exported stl with the respective maximal dimensions, I never printed the big one as my printer is limited to less than it's size.

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