Example 11: Automatic Strips with Rotation

Let the layout place card and marker groups in strips, including a rotated arrangement when useful.

BGI / EXAMPLE 11Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Automatic Strips with Rotation — 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 the settings for trying layouts:

  search:
    budget: 100
    top_k: 3

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: "Let the layout place card and marker groups in strips, including a rotated arrangement when useful."
project:
  id: auto-strips
  name: Automatic Strips with Rotation
box:
  inner_mm: [80, 80, 35]
material:
  profile: de-mdf-3mm
  overrides:
    thickness_mm: 3
    kerf_mm: 0.16
    fit_clearance_mm: 0.10
components:
  - id: cards
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [60, 30, 25]
    orientations: [xy, yx]
  - id: markers
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [30, 40, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
assemblies:
  - id: grid
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [cards, markers]
    interior:
      id: all
      kind: auto
layout:
  mode: auto
  construction_mode: full_box
  search:
    budget: 100
    top_k: 3

Open 11-auto-strips.bgi.yaml and save a copy if you want to edit it in your own folder. This project asks BGI to try layouts. Follow Let BGI suggest layouts to choose a saved result before building.