Issue with manual connectors in packing_box

[crabbedh]

The code below creates 4 male connectors at top of box and 3 female in the lid. (which are hidden underneath)

However, I wanted the connectors in the corner and I wanted a 4th female in the lid.. but when I make changes, thus:

The box will not render...

And, you may wonder, why only 3 holes on the lid. If I add a 4th female hole in the lid, the cutout in the lid turns solid and no holes are rendered in the bottom. (the 4th hole was added below, but lid didn't render properly)

The reason for the manual connectors is that the box_bevel won't work with autolayout as discussed in a previous issue. Perhaps this is not the way to make the lid, but the only way I discovered in random trials.

[crabbedh]

Actually, I have given up on the manual method of creating the lid (in order to get the bevel). I found that the depth of the box was not correct. I think the software gets confused about the wall thickness, which should be at the bottom, but not the top (if you are defining a topless box). I may not know puzzlecad well enough to define properly.

I also found the manual male connectors were only 1 perimeter width from the edge and my MK3S had a bit of issue creating those. When I went back to auto-layout, they seemed smaller and I noticed 2-3 walls between the connector and the edge. However, auto-layout should better centre the connector in the middle of the box wall.. as it is now, it is shaded to the outside edge.

Auto-layout should also preserve orientation of the lid. I'd suggest one hole be some other shape, so the user does not put the lid backwards.. This would be important for any packing puzzle with a non-symmetric opening (like Hat Trick) and an obstruction inside.