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This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL`.

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program design boxes

## DESCRIPTION

`&dhpackage;` is a program that generates SVG images that can be viewed directly in a web brower but also postscript and - with pstoedit as external helper - other vector formats including dxf, plt (aka hpgl) and gcode.

Of course the library and the generators allow selecting the "thickness" of the material used and automatically adjusts lengths and width of joining fingers and other elements.

The "burn" parameter compensates for the material removed by the laser. This allows fine tuning the gaps between joins up to the point where plywood can be press fitted even without any glue.

inger Joints are the work horse of the library. They allow 90° edges and T connections. Their size is scaled up with the material "thickness" to maintain the same appearance. The library also allows putting holes and slots for screws (bed bolts) into finger joints, although this is currently not supported for the included generators.

Dovetail joints can be used to join pieces in the same plane.

Flex cuts allows bending and stretching the material in one direction. This is used for rounded edges and living hinges.