USS Dry Box Labeling System (INDX Required)

See also the design 'USS Dry Box Labeling System'.

Note: This design is basically the same as the 'USS Dry Box Labeling System' design with the difference being that this is tailored to INDX, which makes some things easier and allows for a more compact labelling. Differences are listed at the bottom of the text.

This USS Dry Box labeling system puts tags on the exterior of the dry box for better visibility and ease of use.

The labels are fully compatible with those published by Prusa.

The system works by attaching/glueing brackets on the outside of the USS Dry Box. Brackets are available in single tag or double tag versions. The brackets can be attached/glued directly onto a flat part of the dry box. If attaching/glueing to a round part is desired then first the appropriate seat should be attached/glued to the round part, after which a bracket can be attached/glued to the seat.

Fitters are available both for the brackets themselves and for the seats; lay them on the dry box, push them into the bottom/side of the dry box and put the bracket/seat into the fitter to attach/glue it to the dry box.

This design uses more text on the labels so that 2 labels per box are sufficient; one might even consider a single label enough if the brand of the filament is not needed.

Some ready made labels are available through the provided 3mf files. New labels can be created easily in PrusaSlicer by copying an existing label. However, be careful because PrusaSlicer seems to modify x/y/z coordinates of the text of the copied label. It also seems to modify those x/y/z coordinates when a modification is made to any part of the label.

Just make the needed modifications, save the file, close the slicer, re-open the file in the slicer, adjust x/y/z coordinates, save the file, close the slicer, re-open the file in the slicer and finally check that all coordinates are correct. The slicer seems very buggy in this regard.

The used parameters for the text on the labels, in 'object local' coordinates:

• Size: 5.5 mm

• Depth: 1 mm

• X: 0 mm

• Y: 2.6 mm for the top line, -2.6 mm for the bottom line

• Z: 0.5 mm

The FreeCAD file is provided for easy adaptation of the models.

The FreeCAD file 'USS Dry Box Labeling System.FCStd' has a VarSet under the 'master' group which holds many parameters that can be tuned (but really should not). The main parameter that can be adjusted is the 'seatgluestickerthickness' parameter in case a seat is not attached/glued directly onto the dry box but a sticker is used.

Differences with 'USS Dry Box Labeling System':

• Use PrusaSlicer directly for text on labels and box

• Drop all non-blank labels from the CAD design