Heat: Pedal to the Metal and expansions insert

This is an organizer for the board game Heat: Pedal to the Metal. I designed it to fit the base game, the first expansion Heat: Heavy Rain, and left enough room for a second expansion.

Now that my copy of Heat: Tunnel Vision arrived I can confirm that it fits the second expansion.  With this insert, there is enough room in the box to fit 4 map boards, and all of the content that came in the first two expansions fully sleeved.

While the original included insert was great compared to most shipping inserts it was too snug for my sleeved cards and was curling the corners.  It also didn't fit all of the cards from the first expansion and the new map board wouldn't fit in the main box without pretty substantial lid lift. 

The large empty spacer bin at the end of the files can fit the press corners without needing to disassemble them or other accessories in and isn't strictly necessary but it keeps the card racks from shifting around.  

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I've made some alternate versions of the Player Deck Rack, Heat/Stress Rack, and Other Rack. These are “Ready to Play” (except for Japan and Mexico) and are in a separate folder and the models are labelled (RTP), the originals have been renamed (Standard).  The difference is the player deck rack has been enlarged to allow each color to have 6 heat and 3 stress in the slot with the cards and this shrinks the heat/stress rack by 72 cards.  The Heat/Stress rack was modified so it would stay free standing if you keep it on the table.  As an added bonus, the two long racks are the same length now.

The alternate “Other Rack” is a little more snug and though it should be obvious, they order from front to back goes: Garage Cards, Sponsorship Cards, basic upgrade cards for all of the colors (0,5,Heat), then Track Cards, Event Cards, and Legend Cards. 

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Print Details:

If you just want to print your own, print one of each of the files at 0.2mm or less with a 0.4mm nozzle. The walls are 1.63mm, so a 0.4mm nozzle with should give you about 3-4 passes per level with no gapfill.  This will be a pretty flexible print even with PLA due to how thin the walls are, so get it as solid as you can.  The overhangs are 45 degrees, which shouldn't be too bad but print slowly to ensure everything is smooth. There are some bridges on the lower side to allow you to push cards out from the bottom.  You shouldn't need supports, but if your cooling can't do a 10mm bridge, then you might want to enable some supports. 

All of the card slots are sized for sleeved cards, but should work fine for cards that aren't sleeved.  I used 100 micron sleeves, 57.0 x 89.0, and left a little extra room. I also left space in most of the card slots bins for another expansion, but of course there's no way of knowing yet what will be included so there may be a V2 down the road.

The picture shows how everything is arranged, the scorepads can fit in the score pad bin under the cars, and there's room for a golf pencil.

For smaller Print Beds:

There is an alternate card rack for the Garage, sponsorship, track and other cards for print beds smaller than 245mm.  These three files replace the “Other Rack” and “Press bin” found in the main files.  With this change the largest piece is 232mm long as originally intended, so it should fit on most printers.

Spacer:

I also want to shout out @jarcec_81825 and @mattcharlton_597544 for the model and subsequent remix for a spacer to keep the boards from shifting around. I printed one for myself with a cylinder dropped in as a negative modifier to make it easier to grab and remove but it makes the whole thing a lot more secure when transporting.

Board alignment insert for Heat: Pedal to the Metal expansion insert ( supports 4 boards) by mattcharlton | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Board alignment insert for Heat: Pedal to the Metal expansion insert by Jarcec | Download free STL model | Printables.com