![Computer Aided Disaster](../pix4/screenshot.jpg)
Turning bytes into boxes...
Stumbling along the omniscient waste dump one day, I came across a forum where patterns for making boxes from paper were shown. How was I to know what sort of virus had struck me when copying a pattern to my disk. I began to experiment with it - first, the scale had to be adjusted.![fluffy business](../pix4/schneiden.jpg)
Material and tools
Paper of a weight of 150-180g/m2 (like used for visiting cards) turned out to be usable for this handicraft. For a good result, good tools are indispensable: A sharp and precisely working pair of scissors for cutting out the contours and a sharp knife for scoring the folds. A steel rule is a nice helper for guiding the knife.![Nurse, injection !](../pix4/kleben.jpg)
After cutting out and scoring, rough prefolding is recommended before applying paper glue to the flaps. As too much of glue will result in pap, a syringe equiped with a canula is an advantage. A simplification of joining can be achieved by letting the glue air out a bit after applying it to the flaps.
![Cloned & stacked](../pix4/palettieren.jpg)
One box doesn't make a pile...
Repeat the game until you are fed up with it (in all regards ;-). The above mentioned infection turned into an epidemic - and there seemed to be no limits to creativity. After gaping void in sheds and cars, a materials engineer now probably will talk of a hexagonal closest packing...
Repeat the game until you are fed up with it (in all regards ;-). The above mentioned infection turned into an epidemic - and there seemed to be no limits to creativity. After gaping void in sheds and cars, a materials engineer now probably will talk of a hexagonal closest packing...
![My shed is too small !](../pix4/lagern.jpg)
It seemed I just couldn't get enough
A couple of months later gaping void was found in further cars which urgently had to be eliminated -well, let's play it again...
![clean content](../pixa/persilw1.jpg)
soap box car...
![Bananas, pineapples and grapes](../pixa/neue_vitamine_k.jpg)
Vitamin shock...
![Vitamin shipment](../pixa/vitaminverlad_k.jpg)
... and its container
Patterns for the boxes shown above can be obtained for personal usage by sending a related request.
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