Technologies for positioning designs on virtual surfaces associated with product customization

An electronic device for placing visual content on a virtual surface for customizing a physical product, comprising:

• a user interface for displaying content;
• a memory storing non-transitory computer executable instructions;
• and
• a processor interfacing with the user interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the non-transitory computer executable instructions to cause the processor to:
• access an electronic document comprising the visual content and specifying a set of page boxes having a set of page box parameters,
• identify (i) a surface trim box defining the physical product placed on the virtual surface, the surface trim box having a set of sizing parameters defining a surface aspect ratio, and (ii) a document trim box included in the set of page boxes of the electronic document, the document trim box having a set of sizing parameters defining a document aspect ratio,
• calculate a difference between the surface aspect ratio and the document aspect ratio,
• determine that the difference between the surface aspect ratio and the document aspect ratio exceeds a threshold,
• calculate (i) a second difference between an aspect ratio of a pace content bounds of the electronic document and an aspect ratio of a surface size of the virtual surface, and (ii) a third difference between an aspect ratio of a bleed box included in the set of page boxes of the electronic document and the aspect ratio of the surface size, and
• determine which of the difference between the surface aspect ratio and the document aspect ratio, the second difference, and the third difference, is the smallest.