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The packaging of your maze is an important part of your product. Measure accurately and cut safely.
The packaging of your maze is an important part of your product. Measure accurately and cut safely.
Finished packaging should house your maze.
Perfect measurements allow for the perfect size to fit your maze.
Measure your maze and mark out your net accurately.
Cut out your net with a knife and a safety ruler.
Score the fold edges without cutting through.
Use a ruler to fold the edges, sides and wings.
Measure and cut a foam liner
Measure and cut a foam liner
Measure the inside of your box. this should form a perfect triangle.
Choose a colour matching piece of foam.
Mark out the rectangle on the piece of foam and cut it out.
Your foam will act like a liner or soft pad to protect your maze and make it look better in the package.
Video Lesson
Video Lesson
Before you start, make sure you watch this video.
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Design and Technology - Packaging.mp4What is a Net?
What is a Net?
In Design and Technology, a net is the word used for a 3D box template.
Imagine if you had a cereal box (cornflakes) and you cut the edges and unfolded the box - turning the 3D box into a flat 2D shape - you now have a template or outline of the box which we would call a 'net'.
You can also see some net designs on the side. When the nets are cut out and folded, they too will make a 3D box.
Net design are also used in maths - not for designing but for working out which shapes make up a 3D shape - rectangles and squares are the most common in packaging.
Types of Net Designs
Types of Net Designs
Basic Net Design
Basic Net Design
The first stage of designing your net is working out what size you need.
Using flaps that are a standard shape will be easy to fold and glue together.
Intermediate Net Design
Intermediate Net Design
A slightly improved design from the basic net would be to include flaps that have slight angles and small gaps between the edges.
Gluing might be harder and making sure your box is straight with square sides will be more difficult.
Hard Net Design
Hard Net Design
Advanced net design may include angular cut out flaps.
These types of flaps have been designed to be folded together without the need for glue.
Before and After
Before and After
You can see here the side by side designs of the plain net outline and the finished design with colour and logos.
Ready to Print
Ready to Print
Can you guess what shape this box will become?
Yes, you guessed it - a cube.
You can tell it will be folded into a cube since all sides are square and a cube is made up of 6 square faces. Check to see if there are 6 squares.
Ready to Print
Ready to Print
This simple box net shows you clearly how a finished net design should look.
Notice how not all of the faces include a design. that is because some faces are the flaps that will be folded and glued together - these will not be seen.
How To Create Your Own Net Design
How To Create Your Own Net Design
Task 1. Step 1
Task 1. Step 1
After completing Step 1 you should have a box net that looks like the design above.
This could be a basic net or an intermediate net.
Notice how the solid outlines around the outside edge are the lines for cutting and that the dotted lines inside the net are lines for folding and NOT for cutting.
Task 1. Step 2
Task 1. Step 2
Although this design DOES NOT match the box net from Task 1 Step 1, you should understand that your finished box net design should also include colour, a design, a logo and product information.
Remember this box is for your maze puzzle. That means your designs, logo and information should match your maze puzzle (the one you made on Tinkercad).
What Size is Your Net Design?
What Size is Your Net Design?
As you know, you designed your maze puzzle to fit inside a rectangle that was:
150mm x 115mm
But if you create a full sized net design, you will need quite a large piece of paper.
For this first design, we will be creating and designing our net to be HALF SIZE.
75mm x 57.5mm (57-58mm will be OK). Watch the Step 1 video below for more help.
Plan your NET! Your overall box design size should be: 75mm x 57.5mm x 12mm
Plan your NET! Your overall box design size should be: 75mm x 57.5mm x 12mm
Have You Completed Task 1 Step 1 ?
Have You Completed Task 1 Step 1 ?
After you have completed Task 1 Step 1, your net should look exactly like these photos here. Remember that we are all make a net and box the same size and same shape.
Use a ruler for all straight lines.
Measure correctly and check the length of all lines.
Add 7 flaps only - follow the example.
Help Videos
Help Videos
IMG_0276.MOVWhat is a Net?
What is a Net?
A quick look at 2D and 3D shapes to explain what a net is.
720p.movTask 1. Step 1
Task 1. Step 1
How to draw a net to scale - Half size.
IMG_0288.MOVTask 1. Step 2
Task 1. Step 2
Designing and rendering your net.
Task 1. Step 2 in more detail
Task 1. Step 2 in more detail
Wrong! Find my mistake!
Wrong! Find my mistake!
There are 6 sides - the large top and bottom and 4 side walls. It is very important to write your text and logos the right way up.
Notice how the 'Laser Cut Model' text faces into the net - this is correct.
Notice how the text on the 3 other walls faces outwards - this is wrong and will mean your text will be upside down after folding your net to make a box.
Cut out the net but do not cut off the flaps.
Cut out the net but do not cut off the flaps.
Cut out the net carefully around the outside edges only - you should end up with only 1 piece.
Fold the net along the edges.
Fold the net along the edges.
Notice how the blue 'Laser Cut Model' text is the correct way up and the 'Designed on Tinkercad' is upside down!
All text written on the walls must be facing inwards not outwards.
Use a ruler to fold on the edges to get nice straight edges.
Wrong
Wrong
Correct
Correct
Wrong/Correct - Why?
Wrong/Correct - Why?
Make sure that you Write your text facing the correct direction.
All text on the 4 walls should face inwards. Look at the 2 photos to the left and spot the differences.
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