Example 12: Automatic T Grid

One wide group and two taller groups share a three-compartment T layout.

BGI / EXAMPLE 12Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Automatic T Grid — The assembled insert.

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: "One wide group and two taller groups share a three-compartment T layout."
project:
  id: auto-t
  name: Automatic T Grid
box:
  inner_mm: [100, 110, 35]
material:
  profile: de-mdf-3mm
  overrides:
    thickness_mm: 3
    kerf_mm: 0.16
    fit_clearance_mm: 0.10
components:
  - id: wide
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [55, 30, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
  - id: tall-a
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [30, 50, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
  - id: tall-b
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [30, 50, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
assemblies:
  - id: grid
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [wide, tall-a, tall-b]
    interior:
      id: all
      kind: auto
layout:
  mode: auto
  construction_mode: full_box
  search:
    budget: 100
    top_k: 3

Open 12-auto-t.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.