Living Hinge Generator
Bend wood like fabric.
A staggered living-hinge pattern generated to your exact panel size and material thickness — not a fixed template you have to scale and hope holds together.
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What's in the file
Two layers, zero guesswork
OUTLINE
Panel outline
The panel’s own cut border, sized exactly to your dimensions.
HINGE
Staggered hinge pattern
Offset dash rows in a brick pattern, not straight-through slits — spreads the bend across the whole panel instead of one weak line.
SPACING
Calculated, not guessed
Row spacing and bridge width scale off your material thickness, and the bridge is padded by your kerf so it doesn’t thin out to nothing after cutting.
Why staggered
Straight slits snap. This doesn't.
A single row of long slits concentrates every bend on one line — flex it a few times and it cracks right there. Offsetting each row by half a pitch spreads the flex across the whole panel, the same pattern real production living hinges use.
Stop scaling a template. Build the exact pattern.
Sized to your panel and material. Instant download, unlimited regenerations, forever.
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