BusiLightBox

Step 1Open the tool. There is nothing to install, and it keeps working without internet.

Step 2Choose a size, or type your own measurements in centimetres.

Step 3Choose the LED and the spacing. This is where it is decided: a bare strip is brightest straight ahead, a real lightbox lens pushes the light away from its own axis so there is no hotspot in front of it. That is exactly why such a module may sit closer to the face.

Step 4Under the design is the light itself: the real run from bright to dark across the face, from the same calculation as the percentage beside it. A figure of seven percent means nothing to anyone; this strip does, because you can simply see the stripes standing there.

Step 5Choose the face material and the frame. The material decides how much light comes through and how much it smooths the stripes; the frame clamps the face at the edges, so what the customer sees is smaller than what you print. Anything that must stay visible belongs inside the green box.

Step 6Type your text, pick a font and a colour, and place it on the design.

Step 7The check brings it together: will you see stripes, how deep the box has to be or how close the strips must sit, how bright the face becomes in candela per square metre, and how many metres of LED with which driver.

Step 8The price works itself out while you design. You can change the rates yourself.

Step 9Download the print-ready PDF.

Step 10Pro members unlock the tool once through the shop. After that it works offline too.

Step 11Done, or something went wrong? Open the dashboard and start over with a clean sheet.