To see where each piece should go relative to each other, use the 123D Make assembly steps option to see each piece's position.įor more tips and tricks, see the notes in images 6, 7, and 8 above. You want to align the square to the artboard's center so do vertical and horizontal alignment) and arrange each piece how you'd like it. Make a square in the center of the artboard (use alignment tools on the top toolbar to properly align them - click the word 'align' in the top right that to see icons pop up to help you align. This means that 21-1 and 21-2 (123D Make will sometimes have multiple shapes in a layer) will be in the same layer.

Each of these Illustrator layers will eventually correspond to a layer of acrylic. Import each piece into separate layers of a new file so that you don't get them mixed up and on the wrong layer. up to 6 pieces were actually quite small and hard to find so I neglected them in my eventual process.

Copy your pieces in order from smallest to largest in number. Open the exported PDF in your vector graphics software of choice (mine is Adobe Illustrator, but there are free ones like Inkscape, or others like Corel Draw).

Open source 3d slotted puzzle