Orginal 90's 7 Hex Tessellation "Hex Box" Dice Box.

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This originated in school in the 90's I don't know exactly when but between 1991 and 1994 when I had access to auto cad and shop in school. I made a 7 hex tessellation box. Originally it was actually quite large. over 12" across. Then a classmate recognized it but said it was smaller for some role playing game he played. D&D He asked me to make one smaller. I did. originally out of paper then later wood. but most of them were actually made of paper. it was easier and cheaper to work with especially with complex shapes like this if you lacked the skills to handle the tools. I could but I was crude at best I have a video to go along with this where you can watch me made this in tinkercad and I show you how I made the original wood and paper versions as well. I might make a whole seperate video of making one out of paper and wood again just for shiggles. I actually HAVE the original floppy disc with the autocad files on them. I doubt they are readable still. I mean 28+ year old poorly stored 5.25 inch floppy disc? yeah right. I mean the old ones that were actually "floppy" :-) Oh yeah baby autocad 10 or 11 on a 386 ibm pc clone. CRUISING baby!! sure beat my vic20 at the time :-) I did everything in autocad because I could. I got pretty good at using it. the only reason I still have this particular floppy is I kept my TSA (Technology Student Association) stuff. it was a good time in my life and my airplane design happens to be on this disc with the hex designs. nice. sadly I doubt they are still readable. would be fun to open up old files like that. I lost interest in making things like that when I left high school (no more shop and all its wonderful tools) I did keep making paper ones. I even released plans at one time. Pretty sure in PDF no less. you would print it out cut it out fold it up and glue it together using glue stick and you would have a hex dice box. I sure wish I still had that file. it might still be around but somehow I doubt it. If by chance anyone out their has it. it was pre internet at least for me. it would have been on a floppy disc (3.5 inch by that time) I would love to get a copy. I think I just called it Hex Box and it will have my name on the PDF Chris Taylor. Let me know if anyone finds it assuming the disc is still readable. or maybe someone archived it. who knows. Print these with NO TOP LAYERS 3x3x3 and 15% hex infill for a neat effect. for the bottom use multi process and stop using infill after 1mm from the bottom. that would be my original design. their was no "solid" areas in my original 90's design it was all open/walls Here is the video link. https://youtu.be/R0EUzlz_SYw