From dimensions to cut file in seconds
No CAD skills required. Pick what you’re building — a box, a table, a wall shelf or a stencil — set the size in millimeters or inches, and Boxes generates every panel with proper finger joints and kerf compensation, so the parts actually snap together. Rotate the 3D model, explode it to see how it assembles, then export.
- Live, interactive 3D preview
- True 1:1 SVG & DXF — real-world scale
- Finger joints with kerf compensation
- Works with LightBurn, xTool, Glowforge, Inkscape & more
"What you see is exactly what you cut."
It’s not just boxes any more
Two whole new things to build — plus a batch of updates for bigger projects, taller furniture and parts that outgrow your laser bed.
Table designer
Real furniture, not just a box on legs. Pick a trestle slab base, four legs with aprons, or a pedestal frame — then set the top size, height and apron depth. The legs tenon straight up through the tabletop as visible through-tenons.
Add as many shelves as you like at whatever heights you want, round off the top corners, punch access openings in the sides, widen the corner posts, or lock the trestle together with removable wedges so the whole thing knocks down flat without glue.
Sign & stencil builder
Type your text, pick a font off your own machine, and the letters are cut clean out of a board. Set the letter height, alignment and line spacing, give it a fixed board size or let it size itself to the text.
Turn on stencil bridges and the middles of your O’s, A’s and e’s stay tied to the board instead of dropping out on the cutting bed — a real paint stencil, ready to cut.
Stack your shelves
Add shelves one at a time and nudge each to its own height — or leave them at 0 and they space themselves out. More shelves tie the base together and stiffen it.
Big parts tile properly
Anything too large for your bed splits into dovetailed sections. Awkward parts — a four-leg table’s aprons, a stencil packed edge to edge with letters — now tile cleanly instead of giving up.
It remembers your machine
Set your units, material thickness, kerf, finger width and bed size once and save them to your account. They load automatically next time, on any device.
Labels you can read
Part labels sit on solid material instead of floating over a cut-out, and turn sideways on narrow pieces so they stay on the part and clear of the joints.
Free to start, Pro when you need more
The designer and 3D preview are free for everyone. No watermarks, no crippled exports.
Free
Everything you need for everyday boxes.
- Full live 3D preview of every design
- Plain, open-top & lift-off-lid boxes
- Finger joints & kerf compensation
- Millimeters or inches
- True 1:1 SVG & DXF export
Pro
$6/mo · $49/yrFurniture, signage and the advanced joinery.
- Table designer — trestle, four-leg or pedestal, with stackable shelves
- Sign & stencil builder — your installed fonts, with bridges that hold letter centres in
- Living-hinge lids & doors — click a side to add one
- Internal dividers & shelves (perfect for game inserts)
- Remove faces for cubbies, trays & shelf units
- Wall-shelf builder with braces & RV lip rail
- Auto panel-splitting with dovetail joints when a part is bigger than your laser bed
What makes it different
Live 3D Preview
Design in real time. Orbit the model, drag the explode slider, and see exactly how every panel fits before you cut a thing.
Dead-On Accurate
Exports are true 1:1 in real millimeters and inches, with kerf compensation so joints press together snugly.
Click-to-Hinge Pro
Turn any side into a living-hinge lid or door with a single click — the curve, cuts and tabs are worked out for you.
Dividers & Shelves Pro
Drop in cross-lapped dividers and shelves for organizers and board-game component trays — they slot together, no glue needed.
Auto Bed-Splitting Pro
Bigger than your laser bed? Enter your machine size and oversized panels are sectioned automatically with locking dovetail seams.
Nothing to Install
Runs entirely in your browser on any device. Open the link and start designing — no downloads, no setup.
What should we build next?
Boxes grows based on what makers actually want to cut — more joint types, rounded and hex boxes, ready-made templates for dice trays and card holders. Try it out and send your ideas our way.