| Catan | Player box and building cost card

| BASIC DESCRIPTION |

• modular and expandable containers for 3d printed player pieces (seperate models) with an mechanical notch + tongue and groove to firmly secure the lid (current design accomodates 6 chambers for player pieces, but it can be easily modified)

• the lid is also used as an building cost card (optional)

• building cost is laser engraved on fiber laser (dxf file included)

• can be printed on a single extruder 3D printers using manual color change, no multi material printer needed

| DESIGN DECISIONS |

• the boxes have a simple extruded hexagonal with hexagonal pattern added to the sides and to the chamber dividers (all added in the slicer - 3mf files)

• designed so that it can be printed in colors on a single extruder setups (mostly just printing in one color, only the door/lid uses manual color change) - the file with manual color change enabled is included (3mf files)

• all 3mf files are stacked together in sets of colors used - base color (in my case black) or in player color (in whatever color the pieces were printed)

• there are two distinct ends that keep the whole assembly together - do not mix them up

• the door/lid is designed in the way that it can be attached to the chambers in a way that it shows the building cost (it has little notches)

• the whole assembly does not need any glue - I advise you that you do not use any so that you can dissassemble it easier in the future for aditional changes

• all the pieces should snap into place really tightly, only the lid is designed to snap a bit looser so that it is easier to open

• if you decide, you can play with number of chambers - for current design it is only possible to have a total number of chambers that is equal to 8 modules (there is an 1M module and 2M module so you can mix and match)

• in the propossed matchup (6 chambers) there is a space for - dice, road, settlement, city, ship and warship addon

| PRINT SETTINGS |

• models in the picture were printed on my Prusa MK3.5s

• no supports are needed

• You can use manual color change options to print in multicolor on a single extruder printer

• the settings that you need to be avare of are the hex grids and meshes - they are all added through the slicer - 3mf files included

| ASSEMBLY |

• there are 4 sets of files that you need to print (Player Box_base, Player Box_cap, Player Box_connector and ring, Player Box_door). The white parts are the player color, and the black parts are the base color (the same on all boxes). In total you should have:

• 6 x Player Box_connector

• 4 x Player Box_base 21

• 2 x Player Box_base 42 

• 1 x Player Box_cap 1

• 1 x Player Box_cap 2

• 2 x Player Box_cap hex ring

• 1x Player Box_door

• first we connect the "Player Box_cap hex ring" with the "Player Box_cap 1" and "Player Box_cap 2" - it should snap together tightly

• next we connect the top cap with one "Player Box_connector" - beware of the orientation of small notches on the sides of the print

• now we can prepare the modules - slide the modules one by one onto the connector. Depending on your printer tolerances it might be a bit harder to slide them on - you can always sand the sides of the connector if that problem arrises

• when we get to the final chamber we can see that the connector is still protruding a bit - now we can put the other end cap

• the construction is still flimsy so now we can put the rest of the connectors in. Always be aware of the connector notches - they should go in the direction so that the notch slides into the groove of the end cap - two from each side. Leave the open part of the chaimbers without the connectors. 

• with the base construction complete, we can now mould the door/lid. Before we proceed to that, if you want to laser engrave the building costs on the lid - now is your last chance

• the door is printed flat but we need to bend it a little. On the print there is a gap that helps with that bending process. Be careful not to break the part - hot air gun is your friend here

• slowly heat up the central part of the door/lid and put it on the base construction. While still a bit soft, the plastic will conform to the shape of the base construction if you bend it slowly to that shape

• and that is it - you can now organize/stash your catan pieces and have building cost visible right next to it - enjoy!

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