I wrote a script to generate lasercut boxes. The script reads a config file with the box dimensions and generates a DXF file and an OpenSCAD model. We use the script for all types of cases here at metalab. The example file attached is the case of our electronic door lock system.

The script can be found here:
svn.clifford.at/handicraft/2009/boxgen/

You might need to install SPL (the scripting language I've used for the script) before you can use the script:
clifford.at/spl/

Hi all,

I thought that SketchUp users may appreciate a plugin that makes the exporting of 3D models to 2D vector graphics a bit easier. The plugin (ruby scripts) allows the user to select SketchUp faces and export the oulines of these faces to a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file.

The plugin was developed to help with constructing designs for laser cutting, but I know of people who use it for CNC routing as well.

This latest version of the plugin hasn't been tested with any laser cutting yet (I'm working on some designs at the moment), but I know how Thingiverse users like to be on the bleeding edge ;-P

A modified version of the calling card. I don't have a laser cutter, or delicate hands, but I do have a 48" x 48" CNC router! I scaled the pattern up to about 7.5" tall, modified the shape to be a square instead of a business card, and made a few small tweaks to the gears so they would cut nicely with a 1/8" endmill out of MDF.

No finish or fasteners besides glue. Just a little composite chunk of geary goodness.

This is a slot-together model of the first stellation of a dodecahedron. The slot sizes are appropriate for "172" illustration board, but you can scale the pieces to construct this model out of other materials.