Example 40: Automatic Grids with Estimated Loose Volume

Size the loose-marker compartment from estimated bulk volume while giving cards a separate tray.

BGI / EXAMPLE 40Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Automatic Grids with Estimated Loose Volume — The assembled insert.

What to notice in the project file

This section shows the settings for trying layouts:

  search: {budget: 40, 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: "Size the loose-marker compartment from estimated bulk volume while giving cards a separate tray."
project:
  id: auto-volume-grids
  name: Automatic Grids with Estimated Loose Volume
box:
  inner_mm: [120, 65, 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: [40, 30, 25]
    orientations: [xy]
  - id: markers
    kind: loose
    solid_volume_cm3: 10
    fill_fraction: 0.5
    footprints_mm: [[40, 30], [30, 40]]
    allowed_heights_mm: [25]
    allowance_total_mm: [0, 0, 0]
assemblies:
  - id: card-grid
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [cards]
    interior: {id: card-interior, kind: auto}
  - id: marker-grid
    kind: grid
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    members: [markers]
    interior: {id: marker-interior, kind: auto}
layout:
  mode: auto
  construction_mode: local_groups
  search: {budget: 40, top_k: 3}

Open 40-auto-volume-grids.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.