Example 31: Fixed Existing Container Origins

Fix the positions of two existing boxes, then place a marker tray and a third box in the remaining space.

BGI / EXAMPLE 31Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Fixed Existing Container Origins — The assembled insert.

What to notice in the project file

This section shows how the design combines storage areas:

containers:
  - id: closed-box-a
    outer_mm: [35, 35, 20]
    side_clearance_mm: [1, 1, 1, 1]
    top_clearance_mm: 2
    rotations_deg: [0]
  - id: closed-box-b
    outer_mm: [35, 35, 20]
    side_clearance_mm: [1, 1, 1, 1]
    top_clearance_mm: 2
    rotations_deg: [0]

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: "Fix the positions of two existing boxes, then place a marker tray and a third box in the remaining space."
project:
  id: fixed-container-origins
  name: Fixed Existing Container Origins
box:
  inner_mm: [120, 120, 35]
material:
  profile: de-mdf-3mm
  overrides:
    thickness_mm: 3
    kerf_mm: 0.16
components:
  - id: markers
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [50, 50, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
containers:
  - id: closed-box-a
    outer_mm: [35, 35, 20]
    side_clearance_mm: [1, 1, 1, 1]
    top_clearance_mm: 2
    rotations_deg: [0]
  - id: closed-box-b
    outer_mm: [35, 35, 20]
    side_clearance_mm: [1, 1, 1, 1]
    top_clearance_mm: 2
    rotations_deg: [0]
  - id: closed-box-c
    outer_mm: [35, 35, 20]
    side_clearance_mm: [1, 1, 1, 1]
    top_clearance_mm: 2
    rotations_deg: [0]
assemblies:
  - id: marker-grid
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [markers]
    interior:
      id: grid-interior
      kind: auto
layout:
  mode: auto
  construction_mode: local_groups
  search:
    budget: 200
    top_k: 3
    fixed_container_origins:
      - id: closed-box-a
        origin_mm: [11, 48]
      - id: closed-box-c
        origin_mm: [48, 11]

Open 31-fixed-container-origins.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.