Gift Box Templates: Simple

15 printable boxes in SVG, DXF and PDF, with a guide

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Score lines are on their own layer, so they are never cut by mistake.
No scoring tool? Every template also comes with the folds as dashed cuts.
A step-by-step guide with a picture for every step: the panel to glue, where it goes, and what to fold.
The best card thickness for every template, from folding each one in seven card thicknesses in a 3D simulation.

The details

15 easy gift box templates for a first box project: tuck-end boxes, pillow boxes and gable boxes with a handle, five shapes of each, ready to cut on a machine or by hand.

What makes these different

Score lines are on their own layer, so they are never cut by mistake.
No scoring tool? Every template also comes with the folds as dashed cuts.
A step-by-step guide with a picture for every step: the panel to glue, where it goes, and what to fold.
The best card thickness for every template, from folding each one in seven card thicknesses in a 3D simulation.
Every preview shows the folded box with its width, depth and height marked, in mm and inches.

What you get

01-Start-Here-Index.pdf: which file to use, tools, machine setup, calibration, the best card and the best paper for every template, and the step-by-step pages
Boxes-Simple.zip: the 15 templates
A silent how-to video for each of the 3 styles (MP4, 1920 x 1080), in that style's folder: the flat template with the step marked, beside the same step folding in 3D
Calibration.zip: a 1 inch and 25 mm test square
For each template: SVG with a separate score layer, SVG with dashed-cut folds, print PDFs for A5, A4, A3, US Letter and US Tabloid, each piece whole on one sheet (full size on the best paper, which the guide and every page name; a smaller paper prints a smaller box), and a PNG preview

Checked before it ships

All 15 templates were folded step by step in a 3D simulation, in seven card thicknesses from 0.20 to 0.50 mm. The guide gives the best card for each one.
The simulation checks that the finished size matches the size in the file name, that closing boxes close and tuck flaps go inside, that glue flaps land where the guide says, and that drawers slide and lids fit.
Two separate 3D models were run and agree on every fold.
Over 110,000 automatic checks run on every build, and every file is checked again after it is packed.

Sizes

One size (M) per design, for example a 60 x 60 x 60 mm cube box (2.4 in) and a 98 x 31 x 161 mm long pillow box (3.9 x 1.2 x 6.3 in). Every size is in the listing photos and the guide.
2 of the 15 templates need a 12 x 24 inch mat; their folders are labelled _12x24-mat.
Want more styles and sizes? The Advanced edition has 40 designs in three sizes, and the Professional edition adds A5, A4 and A3 sizes and pattern sheets.

How to use

Download the three files and unzip the ZIPs.
Open 01-Start-Here-Index.pdf and pick a design.
Upload its score-layer SVG, set the blue layer to Score, attach it to the red cut layer, and cut. Or print the PDF for the best paper (named in the guide and on the page) at 100% and cut by hand.
Fold and glue following the pictures in the guide.

Please note

Card: the guide gives the best card thickness for every template, worked out by folding each one in seven thicknesses (0.20 to 0.50 mm) in a 3D simulation. For these 15 it is 0.25 to 0.35 mm (about 190 to 260 gsm, 70 to 95 lb).
Plain shapes only: no printed artwork, window cut-outs or inserts.
For personal use and for packaging the products you sell. Please do not resell or share the files themselves.
The box pictures are 3D renders and illustrations of boxes made from these templates. Card, colours and fillings are your choice and are not included.
Because this is a digital file, it cannot be returned. Message me if a file does not open or a box does not fit and I will help.