How to design a laser cut box - 3 designs & DXF making... free!

I'll show you how to design a laser cut box by modeling 3 unique laser cut/CNC router cut boxes and making DXFs, ready to send to your laser cutter (or router), completely for free! We'll use the free CAD program Onshape to model everything in 3D and generate the manufacturing data.

Make sure to add the "Laser joint" and "Auto layout" FeatureScripts linked in the Tutorial Resources section before starting.

CNC router users: make sure "overcut" is checked in the laser joint feature with the correct endmill diameter set! This will make it physically possible to cut. Laser cutter users do not need to do this.

Thanks for watching, and please leave any questions, feedback, and video ideas you have in the comments!

FeatureScript credits (name and Onshape forum handle):
Laser joint custom feature: Arul Suresh @lemon1324
Auto layout custom feature: Marena Richardson @marena_richardson and Arul Suresh @lemon1324

TUTORIAL RESOURCES
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Final CAD model: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/911...
Laser joint FeatureScript: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/578...
Auto layout FeatureScript: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/576...

ONSHAPE SIGN UP LINKS
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Onshape Education Plan (free for students and educators, equivalent to Onshape standard plan): https://www.onshape.com/education-plan
Onshape Free Plan (free for everyone for public, non-commercial use): https://www.onshape.com/products/free

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Mechanical portfolio: https://www.alnis.dev/mechanical-port...
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