Looking for a Living hinge program

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Does anyone know where i can find a living hinge Free program.

Thanks
Rudy

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https://vectorgraphicart.com/tag/living-hinge-templates/

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Dave thank you.
Rudy

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I snagged one for a small notebook for her in 1/8". Did a larger cook book and just copied and pasted to expand since it was the same radius. Both came out nice. Really surprised me the flexibility of Premium MDF in a live hinge compared to the solid sheet stiffness.

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I have a stupid questionā€¦
I went to the site but never did figure out how to download the file without all the other garbage. Please enlighten me. lol

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Thatā€™s ok, I have developed answers for the stupid:

I tend to use the ā€˜downloadā€™ buttons, when on offer.

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Itā€™s been a while, and it looks different than I remember it.

The one I remember you gave it dimensions. Iā€™d just pick a design, then copy and paste to add on for the dimension you need. Iā€™ll look to see if I have another one bookmarked somewhere.

Just found this one, give it a shot.

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Dave
I do remember back awhile some one posted a program where you input your dimensions and what kind of hinge you want. But for the life of me i cant find it. The ones you posted will also work for my needs.

Thanks
Rudy

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Iā€™ve messed about with Acrylic and was successful in creating a cylindrical shape out of 3mm acrylic. Iā€™ll post a pic when Iā€™m on my other system.

There is quite a science to the design. I was astounded with the variety of patterns in the included link.

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Rudy, I know the one you mean, and i could swear I bookmarked it. But then again with some of the oddball names that come up on bookmarks I could be looking right at it and not realize it. Will scan through them again and post a link if I come across something.

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I clicked that button, I do know that much.LOL The site took me to an advertisement for vpn.

I will try again tomorrow.

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You are going to think I flipped outā€¦ None of the files would download for me. I even registered my e-mail. One of them told me the site was questionable another came up as a blank page. Others wouldnā€™t download.

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RalphU,

At least yours worked!

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FOUND IT !!!

https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/

Go to boxes with flex

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Look under the section ā€œBoxes with Flexā€:

https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/

Edit. Lol. Looks like I was a couple of hours late to the answer and completely overlooked @Dave01ā€™s post.

Iā€™ve had this bookmarked since @LightBurn suggested it (almost two years now I guessā€¦ wow).

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Thats it.
Thank you.
Rudy

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I donā€™t use Inkscape, But Iā€™m pretty sure thereā€™s an add-on for living hinges

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FWIW, hinges arenā€™t very hard to draw up from scratch. Look at a few to see how theyā€™re made and make good use of ā€œduplicateā€ and ā€œarrayā€ features and itā€™s super simple.

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Hello everyone. I was looking for a program to generate a living hinge based on given parameters but couldnā€™t find a suitable one. In the end, I made it myself. The export is in SVG format, and the file can be further imported into Lightburn. Enjoy.
https://pomocnik.rs/hng.html

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Nice, tankā€™s :+1:t2: