Example 38: Hybrid Grid with Existing Container

Keep the card tray in place while arranging a marker tray and an existing closed box around it.

BGI / EXAMPLE 38Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Hybrid Grid with Existing Container — The assembled insert.

What to notice in the project file

This section shows how the design combines storage areas:

containers:
  - id: existing-box
    outer_mm: [28, 40, 25]
    side_clearance_mm: [2, 2, 2, 2]
    top_clearance_mm: 2
    rotations_deg: [0]
    inventory:
      - {id: spare-sleeves, count: 10}

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: "Keep the card tray in place while arranging a marker tray and an existing closed box around it."
project:
  id: hybrid-with-container
  name: Hybrid Grid with Existing Container
box:
  inner_mm: [135, 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]
containers:
  - id: existing-box
    outer_mm: [28, 40, 25]
    side_clearance_mm: [2, 2, 2, 2]
    top_clearance_mm: 2
    rotations_deg: [0]
    inventory:
      - {id: spare-sleeves, count: 10}
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: 20
    top_k: 3
    fixed_assembly_origins:
      - id: fixed-grid
        origin_mm: [2, 2]

Open 38-hybrid-with-container.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.