Example 8: Two Local Compartments and an Existing Box

Red and blue markers each get a small separate tray beside an existing card box.

BGI / EXAMPLE 08Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Two Local Compartments and an Existing Box — The assembled insert.

What to notice in the project file

This section shows how the design combines storage areas:

containers:
  - id: existing-card-box
    outer_mm: [70, 80, 35]
    side_clearance_mm: [2, 2, 2, 2]
    top_clearance_mm: 5

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: "Red and blue markers each get a small separate tray beside an existing card box."
project:
  id: two-local-groups
  name: Two Local Compartments and an Existing Box
box:
  inner_mm: [260, 110, 50]
material:
  profile: de-mdf-3mm
  overrides:
    thickness_mm: 3
    kerf_mm: 0.16
components:
  - id: red-markers
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [50, 50, 20]
    orientations: [xy]
  - id: blue-markers
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [50, 50, 20]
    orientations: [xy]
containers:
  - id: existing-card-box
    outer_mm: [70, 80, 35]
    side_clearance_mm: [2, 2, 2, 2]
    top_clearance_mm: 5
assemblies:
  - id: red-group
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [red-markers]
    interior:
      id: red-compartment
      kind: compartment
      clear_mm: [70, 80, 35]
      contents: [red-markers]
  - id: blue-group
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [blue-markers]
    interior:
      id: blue-compartment
      kind: compartment
      clear_mm: [70, 80, 35]
      contents: [blue-markers]
layout:
  mode: manual
  construction_mode: local_groups
  placements:
    - id: red-group
      origin_mm: [2, 2]
      rotation_deg: 0
    - id: blue-group
      origin_mm: [84, 2]
      rotation_deg: 0
    - id: existing-card-box
      origin_mm: [168, 3]
      rotation_deg: 0

Open 08-two-local-groups.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.