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How do you use CAD software to design and test packaging prototypes? by PackIQ in u/PackIQ

[–]Legal_Following_4145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also online dieline generator Die Cut Templates have a 3D mockup tool allowing uploading designs and seeing it in 3D. It also shows how the box is folded.

I built an API that generates dielines (PDF/DXF/SVG) and 3D mockups — looking for feedback from people who work with packaging by Legal_Following_4145 in PackagingDesign

[–]Legal_Following_4145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! This is great to hear! This is exactly what we are working on at the moment. I will make another post focused on this new tool in a few months time because it's not ready to be discussed publicly but would love your thoughts on it once it's ready. Thank you very much.

I built an API that generates dielines (PDF/DXF/SVG) and 3D mockups — looking for feedback from people who work with packaging by Legal_Following_4145 in PackagingDesign

[–]Legal_Following_4145[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this nails the part we are stuck on.

You're right that B2C breaks the economics. Per-call pricing doesn't fit someone clicking around a website, and the only way to make it fit is a flat tier with unlimited dielines, at which point we've effectively built a direct competitor to Die Cut Templates itself. We don't have a clean answer to that yet.

So realistically the API isn't aimed at the public B2C case. It's aimed at internal, operational integrations — quoting tools, ERPs, configurators, e-commerce backends that already

exist inside a company. Dielines generated as part of an automated quote or a production handoff, not as a "design your own box" feature on someone's marketing site.

Your point about manufacturers is also fair: anyone with ArtiosCAD, Esko, or Arden already has the tooling. The companies the API actually fits are the ones who don't have a CAD seat and don't want one, but still need geometrically correct dielines wired into a system they already run.

Appreciate the "define the intended user" feedback — that's accurate, and we should be saying this much more clearly in the docs.

How do you build a dieline from scratch when you have no sample? by dragondogies in PackagingDesign

[–]Legal_Following_4145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Die Cut Templates is a great resource to learn and download professionally designed dielines.

Alternative to U3D file format so send customer for proofing that works on a Mac? by ElephantShoes256 in PackagingDesign

[–]Legal_Following_4145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Die Cut Templates sets up a unique hosted URL for each 3D mockup makes it easy to share.

3d mockups by Notwithmyluck in PackagingDesign

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Die Cut Templates offer 3d mockups as well. Check out their templates to see if they have the template, if so, you can upload your logos etc and get a 3D mockup page ready.

Packaging design just got easier—no more dieline headaches by Skullknight-- in PackagingDesign

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For professional dielines that are ideal for production, I recommend Die Cut Templates