Underwater Cities Organizer - OPINIONATED

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<p>This is a organizer for the board game, Underwater Cities (RIO GRANDE EDITION). Before starting this project, I took at look at what was available on Thingiverse for an organizer for Underwater Cities, and found <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3453457">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3453457</a> (@Nayr090) and <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4142671">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4142671</a> (@IAmTheOneWhoMakes). While both of these designs indeed organized the components, there were some things about them that I wanted to change, and so I set off on my journey to create an<em>opinionated</em> organizer.</p> <p>Here were my opinions:<br/> 1)<strong>Prefer shallow and wide over narrow and deep.</strong> I want the pieces to be accessible in trays, for people of all hand sizes, rather than difficult to reach into. I knew this meant I needed to create a stacking system in the box to get everything to fit<br/> 2)<strong>Re-use as much of a base design as possible.</strong> I want the design work to be easy, so I should generalize and parameterize the Fusion360 files I am working with so that I can organize multiple types of components simply by specifying different box dimensions<br/> 3)<strong>Leave room for the expansion should I decide to buy it.</strong> I want to be able to put more in the box without totally re-doing all my work.</p> <p>I took what I learned from looking at my predecessor's work (namely that the Era Decks should be stood upright and that player pieces should be organized in the very clever way devised by @Nayr090), and then re-designed everything from scratch. While I didn't use either of my inspirations' files, I did design heavily around them for the parts I wanted to use for my own design, so I want to give them ample credit.</p> <p>As shown in the pictures, there is about 0.5 cm box lift with the cardboard and rulebook on top. I don't mind it, and I don't think this can be avoided unless one lays the Era Decks on their face, which would use more horizontal space.</p> <p>Also, Thingiverse has no option for the Prusa Mini, but that is indeed what I printed this on.</p> <p>Finally, if Thingiverse had let me, I would totally post this as a remix of the original design. At the time of posting, that feature was not working. My apologies.</p> <h3> Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong></p> <p>Prusa</p> <p><p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong> <div><p>i3 MK3</p></div><strong>Rafts:</strong></p> <p>No</p> <p><p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong> <div><p>Yes</p></div><strong>Resolution:</strong></p> <p>0.15</p> <p><p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong> <div><p>15%</p></div><br/> <strong>Filament:</strong><br/> Atomic Filament PLA Aqua Gemstone Translucent <br/> <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong> </p><div><p>Here are the amounts of what to print:<br/> 2x DOME_BOX.stl</p> <p>1x MONEY_BOX.stl</p> <p>4x RESOURCE_TOKEN_BOX.stl</p> <p>3x BUILDING_TOKEN_BOX.stl</p> <p>1x TUNNELS_BOX.stl</p> <p>1x MISCELLANIOUS_PIECES.stl</p> <p>1x CITY_HOLDER.stl</p> <p>4x PLAYER_COMPONENT_BOX.stl (with supports on build plate)</p> <p>1x ERA_DECK_HOLDER.stl</p> <p>The only component that needs supports is the PLAYER_COMPONENT_BOX.</p> <p>Word of warning: You may need to print the DOME_BOX.stl with 0% infill (it works just fine). My Prusa Mini with a Bowden Extruder system would often grind the filament on the smaller bits of infill until it snapped, due to lots of retraction/deretraction in the same locations. If that happens to you, you can print any of the BOXes on 0% infill and you can rest assured that your filament won't snap (hopefully). If you do go that route, I recommend using 3 perimeters.</p> </div></p></p></p></p> Category: Games