Example 36: Hybrid Fixed and Automatic Groups

Combine a card tray with fixed dimensions and a marker tray sized from its contents.

BGI / EXAMPLE 36Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Hybrid Fixed and Automatic Groups — The assembled insert.

What to notice in the project file

This section shows the settings for trying layouts:

  search:
    budget: 4
    top_k: 2
    fixed_origin_mm: [2, 2]
    fixed_assembly_origins:
      - id: fixed-grid
        origin_mm: [70, 2]

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: "Combine a card tray with fixed dimensions and a marker tray sized from its contents."
project:
  id: hybrid-fixed-and-auto
  name: Hybrid Fixed and Automatic Groups
box:
  inner_mm: [125, 70, 35]
material:
  profile: de-mdf-3mm
  overrides:
    thickness_mm: 3
    kerf_mm: 0.16
    fit_clearance_mm: 0.10
components:
  - id: markers
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [40, 40, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
  - id: cards
    kind: explicit
    clear_min_mm: [40, 40, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
assemblies:
  - id: auto-grid
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [markers]
    interior:
      id: auto-interior
      kind: auto
  - id: fixed-grid
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [cards]
    interior:
      id: card-compartment
      kind: compartment
      clear_mm: [40, 40, 25]
      contents: [cards]
layout:
  mode: auto
  construction_mode: local_groups
  search:
    budget: 4
    top_k: 2
    fixed_origin_mm: [2, 2]
    fixed_assembly_origins:
      - id: fixed-grid
        origin_mm: [70, 2]

Open 36-hybrid-fixed-and-auto.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.