Hi All...

I am new playing with Inkscape. I have a problem on how to create a design of a packaging box like image below :


The big problem for me how to create the flat box like image below in Inkscape :


Is there any special feature in Inkscape to craete a flat box .... ???
Any body have a tutorial on how to create a fold packaging box use Inkscape ?

Thanks !!!

This tutorial here shows you how, but you will need the development version of inkscape in order to open the flatsheet.ai file

Hi caphund...

i will see the tutorial, then give you know the result....

thanks !!!

capnhud wrote:This tutorial here shows you how, but you will need the development version of inkscape in order to open the flatsheet.ai file

Hi Capnhud....

I saw the tutorial, as my first post.....my main problem are create the flat box. In that tutorial, they use AI to create them.
I have two questions :

1. Is there any solution because I not have AI ?
2. How to ensure the flat box accurate ?

In the tutorial they made use of guides and alot of layers to organize things.

1. You are going to need to mark your diecuts with a format that the printer is familar with. (This is in the tutorial)
[Magneta for the the diecuts ]
Hex triplet #FF00FF
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 0, 255)
HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 100%, 100%)
[Cyan for the fold
Hex triplet #00B7EB
RGBB (r, g, b) (0, 180, 247)
HSV (h, s, v) (180, 100%, 97%)

When you layout your document you will choose either inches or cm whichever you prefer and then will need to enable your grid and snap options to snap to grid make sure that things line up.

As a starter I would open the flatsheet.ai file (you will need the development version of inkscape which can open .ai files I am not sure of your system, but the development version can be found here) an turn on the grid and then set your settings to inches or cm whichever you prefer and then ungroup the object in the flatsheet ai. This way you will get a feel for how things are being layed out. Essentially on your own you want to reproduce the tutorial layout.

Hope this helps

Thanks for all the tips...

I will keep it in my mind, then try it...

Cheers