Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

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[0.5.0] 2025/09/25 - Sliding lids

Added

• Added RoundedCanisterSlide to generate boxes with a "slide lock" instead of a threaded screw
• Added RectangleCanisterSlide to generate boxes with a "slide lock" instead of a threaded screw

Changed

• RoundedCanister is now RoundedCanisterThreaded
• RectangleCanister is now RectangleCanisterThreaded
• ScrewLid is now ThreadedLid for consistency
• On all models:
• property screw_hole_wall_thickness is now cap_lid_hole_wall_thickness
• property cap_screw_hole_radius is now cap_lid_hole_radius
• property screw_shoulder is now lid_shoulder
• argument screw_shoulder is now lid_shoulder
• On *CanisterThreaded:
• property screw_pitch is now thread_pitch

Maintenance

• New RoundedCanisterBase class contains common code extracted from RoundedCanister (now RoundedCanisterThreaded)
• New RectangleCanisterBase class contains common code extracted from RectangleCanister (now RectangleCanisterThreaded)

[0.4.0] 2025/09/25 - Shorter threads

Changed

• Threads are now shorter
• Pitch and
• Screw shoulder is now based on height by default
• Pitch is now based screw shoulder by default

Added

• Added ThreadedHole to factorize code

[0.3.0] 2025/08/29 - Rectangle canisters

Added

Models

• New RectangleCanister model to create lids for rectangular/square tubes

Tasks

Added a few tasks for abstraction:

• serve task to start the rendering server
• dev_rounded task to render scripts/dev_rounded_canister.py when other python files changes

Changed

Models

• screw() method was extracted into ScrewLid class

[0.2.1] 2025/08/20 - Fixes, documentation improvements

Changed

Development

Changes affecting people who develop this library:

• dev.py moved to scripts/dev_rounded_canister.py
• preview helper assembly(...) has been renamed to rounded_canister_assembly(...)

Fixed

Library

• Make a python module (added missing __init__.py)

Models

• Screw grip thickness is now relative to cap's outer thickness. This fixes an issue with chamfers on large screws
• Reduced thread length so it's not too long on large screws

[0.2.0] 2025/08/15 - Rework

Changed

Classes

• Renamed box module to canister
• Renamed Box class to Canister

[0.1.1] 2025/08/15 - Fix docs

Fixed

Documentation

• Fixed example in index.md

[0.1.0] 2025/08/15 - First design

First design with a bottom, top and screwable cap.