What the drawing shows
The outline is the cut. Dashed lines are creases where the board folds. Shaded tabs are glue areas. The outer margin is bleed — usually 3mm — where your artwork must extend beyond the cut so a fractional misalignment does not leave a white edge.
What to check before approving
Three things. That the internal dimensions match your product with 2–3mm clearance. That no critical artwork sits within 4mm of a crease, because board thickness distorts anything printed across a fold. And that your logo is not in a glue area, where it will be covered.
Why 48 hours matters
A die-line is the first point at which a custom box becomes real. Getting it back in 48 hours rather than three weeks is the difference between a project that fits a National Day deadline and one that does not. We draw them in-house, which is why we can commit to that.
What comes after
A white sample — the die-line cut and assembled in plain board. This is where dimension errors surface, and it is far cheaper to find one here than after a 2,000-unit print run.
The service behind this
Gift box manufacturing