Open Dieline — dielines set like type

In this edition

The quiet craft of the dieline — drawn flat, folded true.

Production-ready cutting layouts for a growing catalogue of boxes, composed in your browser — no account, no upload, no ink spilled.

No. 01

Generate

Three measurements in, a die-ready drawing out. Cut lines in red, creases in blue — the way the trade has always read them.

Begin a dieline

No. 02

Inspect

Every panel, flap and allowance is layered and labelled. Check the geometry the way a compositor checks a forme.

Read the plates

No. 03

Export

SVG and DXF, dimensioned in millimetres, accepted by any die-shop. What leaves the press is yours entirely.

Take the files

No. 01 — Generate · live on this page

Every box
begins flat.

Drag the three measures. The die drawing answers as you pull — exact to the millimetre, ready for any die-shop.

Plate Nº 04 — Tray, glued corners

Cut Crease

Width 240mm

Depth 160mm

Height 60mm

Open the instrument → Desktop browser only — the tool needs a wide bench.

From the composing room · an independent press

Set,01 — choose a box style
cut,02 — red lines, through the board
fold.03 — blue lines, into shape

Movable type gave every letter its metal body. Open Dieline gives every box its flat one — drawn to the millimetre, yours to press.

SVG / DXF → any die-shop

— · — · — × — · — · — CUT — · — · — × — · — · — CREASE — · — · — × — · — · — PLATE Nº 04 — · — · — × — · — · — 240×160×60 — · — · — × — · — · — CUT — · — · — × — · — · — CREASE — · — · — × — · — · — PLATE Nº 04 — · — · — × — · — · — 240×160×60 — · — · — × —

Appendix

The case — every sort in its place

Oa1

pa2

ea4

na5

0421

Da7

ia8

‹90°›

eb2

lb3

ib5

nb6

eb8

Reverse Tuck End · Telescope (lid, base, platform liner) · a growing catalogue Composed MMXXVI · by Konvolut · no cloud, no account

Every line of this press is open to read. Free for noncommercial use — for commercial licensing, write to hello@konvolut.art.