Preview image
The real blank at this size, folded by the same engine as the studio. The artwork is a sample from a fictional brand — swap in your own in the editor.
Parametric structureFood
Chicken dinner box (9 × 5 × 3 in) dieline
The classic vented chicken box for a two- or three-piece meal with a side. A ready-sized preset of the fried chicken box — change the length, width and height and every panel, tuck and glue flap is redrawn to match.
Inside229 × 127 × 76 mm
Outside229.9 × 127.9 × 76.9 mm
Flat blank725.4 × 295.4 mm
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- Reference
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- Inside size
- Length 229 · Width 127 · Height 76 mm
- Size range
- Length 100–350 · Width 60–250 · Height 40–150 mm
- Manufacturing
- 229.4 × 127.5 × 76.5 mm score to score · inside vs outside sizes
- Parts
- One blank
- Board area
- 0.149 m² · about 2 up on a 720 × 1020 mm sheet
- Default board
- Food SBS, PE-coated 300 g · 0.45 mm caliper
- Board options
- Food SBS PEFood kraft PESBS 350Kraft 350E-flute WE-flute KSBS 18 pt
- Good for
The flat dieline
Exactly what the downloads contain, drawn from the template at its default size, with a 3 mm bleed. How to read a dieline.
- Reverse crease
- Crease
- Cut
- Glue area
- Bleed 3 mm
How the blank is sized
Score-to-score panel sizes at the default size, with the formula each one follows. L, W and H are the inside dimensions; T is the board caliper (0.45 mm for Food SBS, PE-coated 300 g). Change the size or board in the editor and every panel is recalculated.
| Panel | Size (mm) | Formula |
|---|---|---|
| Front | 229.5 × 76.5 | L + T × H + T |
| Left side | 127.4 × 76.5 | W + T × H + T |
| Back | 229.4 × 76.5 | L + T × H + T |
| Right side | 127 × 76.5 | W × H + T |
| Glue flap | 12 × 76.5 | – × H + T |
| Top closure | 229.4 × 126.5 | L + T × W − T |
| Top tuck | 228.6 × 15 | L − T × – |
| Top dust flap | 127.4 × 71 | W + T × – |
| Top dust flap | 127 × 71 | W × – |
| Crash-lock flap (back) | 229.4 × 77.4 | L + T × – |
| Glued web | 44.6 × 90.1 | – |
| Bottom side flap | 127.4 × 63.5 | W + T × – |
| Crash-lock flap (front) | 229.5 × 77.4 | L + T × – |
| Glued web | 90.1 × 44.6 | – |
| Bottom side flap | 127 × 63.5 | W × – |
Adjustable in the editor
Beyond the size and board, this structure exposes 7 options; the template and 3D preview follow each change.
- Vents per endcount
- Vent diametermm
- Bottom2 options
- Tuck depthmm
- Slit lockon / off
- Thumb notchon / off
- Notch radiusmm
The fried chicken box family
The same structure with sizes, boards and options set for a use.
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Other structures built in a similar way, matched on code family, category, closures and proportions.
Make this chicken dinner box (9 × 5 × 3 in) yours
Open it in the editor to set your size, drop artwork on each face, check bleed and safe areas, and export print-ready PDF with the dieline on its own layer — or stage it in a 3D scene for a mockup.