Example 6: Cards and Markers Beside Existing Container

Build compartments for two card stacks and markers while reserving space for an existing deck box.

BGI / EXAMPLE 06Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Cards and Markers Beside Existing Container — The assembled insert.

The translucent outer shell shows the game box interior. Translucent blue objects are existing containers.

What to notice in the project file

This section shows how the design combines storage areas:

containers:
  - id: existing-deck-box
    outer_mm: [70, 90, 40]
    side_clearance_mm: [3, 3, 3, 3]
    top_clearance_mm: 5
    rotations_deg: [0, 90]

Full project file

The shaded lines mark that section in the complete YAML. This is the same project file linked below.

schema_version: 1
readme: "Build compartments for two card stacks and markers while reserving space for an existing deck box."
project:
  id: cards-beside-container
  name: Cards and Markers Beside Existing Container
box:
  inner_mm: [350, 180, 60]
material:
  profile: de-mdf-3mm
  overrides:
    thickness_mm: 3
    kerf_mm: 0.16
components:
  - id: cards
    kind: cards
    count: 120
    card_outer_mm: [66, 91]
    effective_thickness_mm: 0.60
    split_counts: [60, 60]
    allowance_total_mm: [2, 2, 2]
    orientations: [flat_xy, flat_yx]
  - id: markers
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [60, 40, 25]
    orientations: [xy, yx]
containers:
  - id: existing-deck-box
    outer_mm: [70, 90, 40]
    side_clearance_mm: [3, 3, 3, 3]
    top_clearance_mm: 5
    rotations_deg: [0, 90]
assemblies:
  - id: tray
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [cards, markers]
    interior:
      id: contents
      kind: split
      axis: x
      clear_mm: [236, 110, 48]
      first:
        id: card-stack-one
        kind: compartment
        clear_mm: [70, 110, 48]
        contents: [cards-1]
      second:
        id: remainder
        kind: split
        axis: x
        clear_mm: [163, 110, 48]
        first:
          id: card-stack-two
          kind: compartment
          clear_mm: [70, 110, 48]
          contents: [cards-2]
        second:
          id: marker-compartment
          kind: compartment
          clear_mm: [90, 110, 48]
          contents: [markers]
layout:
  mode: manual
  construction_mode: local_groups
  placements:
    - id: tray
      origin_mm: [2, 2]
      rotation_deg: 0
    - id: existing-deck-box
      origin_mm: [260, 10]
      rotation_deg: 0

Open 06-cards-beside-container.bgi.yaml and save a copy if you want to edit it in your own folder. Follow Plan your own layout to validate and build it.