Living Hinge Plate V1

implemented unverified

One-piece folding plate: a thin plate with a transverse living-hinge groove — the blank for card cases, glasses pouches and snap wallets. The flex web is the whole mechanism: its thickness is measured against the fold-without-tearing band, and the honesty check states what AF cannot measure — fold-cycle life is a material property (PETG/PLA folds tens of times; polypropylene is the real living hinge).

Built from a real example — orbit to inspect.

Declaration example

A minimal product declaration for this archetype — exposed parameters at their defaults. Validate and build it with forge validate / forge build.

schema: product/v1
id: my_living_hinge_plate
archetype: living_hinge_plate_v1@1

params:
  plate_l: 120mm
  plate_w: 70mm
  web_t: 0.5mm

modifiers:
  - id: fillet_soften
    target: blank_lightening

Parameters

parameter	type	default	range	role
`plate_l`	`length`	`120mm`	`40mm … 220mm`	functional	exposed
`plate_w`	`length`	`70mm`	`25mm … 160mm`	functional	exposed
`t`plate thickness — living hinges live on THIN plates	`length`	`1.6mm`	`1.2mm … 3mm`	structural
`corner_r`	`length`	`4mm`	`1mm … 10mm`	aesthetic
`web_t`	`length`	`0.5mm`	`0.3mm … 0.8mm`	functional	exposed
`groove_w`	`length`	`3mm`	`1.5mm … 6mm`	functional
`hinge_x`fold line position (0 = the middle)	`length`	`0mm`	`-80mm … 80mm`	functional