Model application study
A sliding-lid deck box sized for sleeved cards
How a two-part PETG box uses measured card clearances and short printable bridges to protect a 60-card sleeved deck.
The application
Generic card boxes often waste space or pinch premium sleeves. This library model starts with published sleeve sizes and turns them into a compact box whose lid can be printed separately on the same plate.
Constraints
- The internal well needs to clear common 66 × 91mm sleeves and premium sleeves around 67 × 92mm.
- The sliding lid needs enough clearance to move after printing without becoming loose in a bag.
- Every overhang must remain within routine FDM bridging distance so the two-part plate can print without support.
Process
01
Size the well
The model sets the card well at 68 × 95mm, then gives the stack 51mm of depth for a sleeved 60-card deck and a few tokens.
02
Build the slide
Ledge and rail strips form the lid grooves with 0.3mm clearance above the lid and 0.3mm on each side.
03
Plan the print
The box and grooved lid share one build plate. The longest unsupported ledge is 1.8mm, so separate support material is unnecessary.
Design outcome
The published design is a compact, downloadable two-part box with explicit fit allowances rather than a lid drawn at nominal size. PETG is the example material because the box is intended to travel.
- Internal well
- 68 × 95 × 51mm
- Designed lid clearance
- 0.3mm above and per side
- Longest bridge
- 1.8mm
- Example quantity
- 1 box, 2 printed parts