CardboardShaper

Gable box with handle

Roof panels meet in a carry handle with a hand hole; crash-lock bottom.

Example size
160 × 90 × 110 mm internal
Blank
531 × 300 mm
Pieces
1 blank
Board choices
12 boards, 0.45 to 7 mm

Make this box

Free to design and to check in 3D. €2.50 for the PDF, €3.50 for the DXF or SVG.

What this box is, in other words

Things that are carried by hand: cupcakes and pastries, party favours, small gifts, a lunch. The handle is part of the blank, so there is no ribbon or separate handle to fit.

How it closes. Roof panels on the front and back walls lean in until they meet over the middle. There each folds back up into a handle panel, and the two handle panels stand back to back with their hand holes lined up. Small flaps at the ends of each roof fold in behind the gable ends. The bottom is a crash lock, so the carton opens into shape in one movement.

Worth knowing. The height (H) is the wall height; the roof and the handle come on top. The tool also lets you pick a tuck or 1-2-3 bottom. A spot of glue or a staple between the two handle panels keeps the box shut in transport. Under about 60 mm of length or a 28 mm handle panel there is no room for a hand hole, and the tool says so.

Also called

gable box gable top box gable bag box carry box box with handle party favor box cake box with handle lunch box gable handle carry gift party takeaway bakery favor hand hole

Same construction, different trade. If you came looking for one of those, this is it.

How this one is built

Board options

The drawing changes when you change the board: thickness compensation is built into every fold, so a 4 mm C-flute blank is not the same shape as a 0.45 mm carton blank.

Questions about this box

Is there an ECMA code for a gable box?
Not one we could check against the ECMA catalogue for this construction, so the tool does not print one. The bottom on its own is the crash lock of ECMA A60.20.00.03.
Is the hand hole a real curve in the file?
Yes. The rounded ends are arcs in the SVG and PDF and bulges in the R12 DXF, the same as on the rounded tuck flaps.
Is this dieline free?
Designing it and folding it in 3D are free and need no account. Downloading it is paid: €2.50 for the PDF to print and measure on paper, and €3.50 for a production file - DXF or SVG - because those are the ones that go to a cutting table.
What is a dieline?
The flat drawing a box is cut from. It shows where the knife cuts, where the board is creased to fold, and where it is perforated. A die maker turns it into a steel rule die; a plotter or laser cuts it directly. It is also written as "die line" or "die cut template".
What file format does a die maker need?
DXF, almost always. Ours is R12 DXF at 1:1 in millimetres with cut, crease, reverse crease and perforation each on their own layer, which is what a cutting table expects. The SVG is the same geometry for Illustrator, Affinity, Inkscape and laser software.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes. The files are yours: modify them, print them, make any number of boxes from them. No attribution and no licence fee, ever.

What you can change

12 parameters on the first screen, 8 more behind advanced settings.

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