This is a simple gift card box.

It only uses about 16-17g of filament.

The box itself is plain … no colours … no patterns … no decorations.

The colours and patterns you see in the posted photographs are not from the design, but from the dual coloured filament I used and the top/bottom layer pattern selections in my slicer.

I chose to create a simple plain gift box so that every time it is printed, it can be customized in the slicer … not only with the colour of the filament you choose, but also with the top and bottom pattern selections in your slicer. Using your slicer, you can also add text to the gift box.

One model, customizable at time of printing.

I used Orca Slicer v2.0 to print this. I chose to have both flat sides on the plate (avoids support). Printed with default standard settings then modifying the Top Surface Pattern to Hilbert Curve and the Bottom Surface Pattern to be Octagram Spiral. Then I used dual coloured filament (blue and gold).

NOTE: When printing, have the flat sides to the printer bed to avoid supports. When you choose your surface patterns, the bottom surface pattern will be the outside top and outside bottom of the box.  The top surface pattern will be the inside of the gift box. It makes sense when you are looking at the lid and the bottom of the gift box on the surface plate. The outside surfaces will be touching the build plate (bottom surface pattern choice) and the inside surfaces will be facing upwards (top surface pattern choice) … at least that is the way it works in my slicer (Orca).

Suggestions for Slicer:

• Flip parts for the outside parts to be on the build plate for no supports
• Consider using Multi-colour filament
• Use a Top and Bottom surface pattern to add some pizzaz to your gift box
• Use the text function to add text to text to the gift box. Add the text to the top of the lid before flipping it flat side down on the build plate. Have the text indent into the lid instead of popping out of the lid to avoid supports. The lid is 1mm thick, so 0.25 to 0.50 depth for the text should be good.
• Place models on a clean area of your build plate to avoid pickup up scratches or past print residue.

If you make a gift box with colours and patterns, I would love to see a photo … please post a photo of your creation and the settings you used.