Card Game Box Inlay

What is it?

This is a parametrizable box inlay for card games to separate stacks of cards. It will generate openSCAD files in dependency of your 3D printer size.

It is originally designed for Dominion (if you don't know it you have to try it!) and its expansions packs. There are currently 14 expansions with about 300 cards which have to stay sorted and I don't want so transport all of them to a game night. I've searched the internet but there was no solution which fits my needs, so I designed this inlay to separate stacks of cards and add additional trays.

How to use it?

This is a Python script that generates openSCAD files with help of the SolidPython library. IMPORTANT 1: openSCAD dimensions are unitless but gets interpreted as millimeter by most slicers. IMPORTANT 2: I DON'T use Windows. Probably you have to set openSCAD_export_stl and openSCAD_view to False

Dependencies

openSCAD

In reference to the download website of openSCAD:

MacOS

$ sudo port install openscad

or

$ brew install openscad

Linux

You know how to use your package manager ;)

SolidPython

Install SolidPython with pip install solidpython and you're good to go.

Change the parameter

Within the head of the script are parameters which you have to change for your needs:

card game values

card_size = {"width":60, "height": 92, "thickness":0.24}

Dimensions of a single card with width, height and thickness. The default values are taken from the SKAT Standard which is popular in the EU.

box_size = {"width": 298, "depth": 298, "height": 75}

Dimensions of the games container on the inside. Probably you should use some tolerance to your own to have a perfect fit.

stack_count = [30, 40, 80, 5, 9, 24, 35, 30, 30, 20, 40, 40, 40]

Every list item is the number of cards in a stack of cards

cover_spacing = 5

This value is used to add space between the top of the cards and the lid of the box. For Dominion it is for label cards of the stacks.

equal_stacks = {"stacks": 72, "count": 10} 

Adds the number of stacks to the end of stack_count with the count as value

indirect parameter

output = "inlay.scad"

The path and file name of the output files.

wall_thickness = 5

specifies the solid walls between every stack. Propably it depends on the capability of your printer.

printer_size = {"x": 210, "y": 210, "z": 205} 

This value is the printing room of yout printer. The default values are taken from the Anycubic i3 Mega S because I own this model. ;)

height_factor = 0.6

The factor defines the height of the spacer in relation of the card height

stack_tolerance = 2

Set the tolerance of a card stack in mm

programm flow parameter

single_tray_only = False

This option is to test your cards fit in a tray. You don't need to print the whole inlay instead you can set it to True and get a single tray.

openSCAD_export_stl = True

After the inlay is created a system call to openSCAD will export the model(s) to STL.

openSCAD_view = True

After the inlay is created and (if set) exported a system call to openSCAD will view all models.

create your inlay

• Change into the cloned directory and edit the desired parameters you have/want to change in inlay.py. Save the file.
• execute python inlay.py

TODOs

• add a check size of the trays reach the limits of one box (error message or something similar). If the limits reached create a second box.

Contribution

Feel free to fork this repo and send a merge request if you want.