How to draw your own cardboard boxes?

Heavyarty and Ryan:
Many thanks for your links and advice!

xavier

Sorry to confuse you. I was using excel and read your post and got mixed up! Maybe I am the only one drawing dielines in excel!

If you have powerpoint, you probably have excel. If you resize all the cells to 1.77 wide, you get a grid. It is then quite easy to move and place the boxes you make. The same drawing toolbar is used.

I used photoshop to print my decals. But apparently the 22MB of a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet killed my printer. =(

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bgrigg QUOTE: Originally posted by HeavyArty You can do it pretty easily using your computer and a graphics program like Power Point or Corell draw. Check out my soda case article to see the results. http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=574 The same technique can be used for any boxes. I make all types. I thought I was the only one who did dielines in excel! I work in printing and use that program to draw up all sorts of things like this. What size "cell" do you work with? I find changing the cell width to 1.77 gives a nice square grid to work with.

Sorry, have no idea what you are talking about. I just draw boxes in PPT with the box tool to the sizes I need. I haven't personally used the Corell Draw, but I know a guy who does. PPT works for me.

QUOTE: Originally posted by HeavyArty You can do it pretty easily using your computer and a graphics program like Power Point or Corell draw. Check out my soda case article to see the results. http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=574 The same technique can be used for any boxes. I make all types.

I thought I was the only one who did dielines in excel! I work in printing and use that program to draw up all sorts of things like this.

What size "cell" do you work with? I find changing the cell width to 1.77 gives a nice square grid to work with.

You can do it pretty easily using your computer and a graphics program like Power Point or Corell draw. Check out my soda case article to see the results.

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=574

The same technique can be used for any boxes. I make all types.

Quincy:
I'm not sure but thanks!

xavier

It wasn't caligraphy was it?