Example 76: Two Automatic Removable Trays

Design separate compartments inside two removable trays and place both with room to lift them out.

BGI / EXAMPLE 76Dimensions in mm

Rendered assembled view of Two Automatic Removable Trays — The assembled insert.

What to notice in the project file

This section shows the settings for trying layouts:

  search:
    budget: 200
    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: "Design separate compartments inside two removable trays and place both with room to lift them out."
project:
  id: two-auto-removable-trays
  name: Two Automatic Removable Trays
box:
  inner_mm: [170, 100, 35]
material:
  profile: de-mdf-3mm
  overrides:
    thickness_mm: 3
    kerf_mm: 0.16
    fit_clearance_mm: 0.10
components:
  - {id: card-deck, kind: explicit, clear_min_mm: [55, 30, 25], orientations: [xy, yx]}
  - {id: card-markers, kind: explicit, clear_min_mm: [30, 35, 25], orientations: [xy]}
  - {id: player-tokens, kind: explicit, clear_min_mm: [30, 30, 25], orientations: [xy]}
  - {id: dice, kind: explicit, clear_min_mm: [30, 30, 25], orientations: [xy]}
assemblies:
  - id: card-tray
    kind: tray
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    side_clearance_mm: [1, 1, 1, 1]
    members: [card-deck, card-markers]
    interior: {id: card-interior, kind: auto}
  - id: token-tray
    kind: tray
    construction: open_grid_box
    assembly: glue_allowed
    side_clearance_mm: [2, 2, 2, 2]
    members: [player-tokens, dice]
    interior: {id: token-interior, kind: auto}
layout:
  mode: auto
  construction_mode: local_groups
  search:
    budget: 200
    top_k: 3

Open 76-two-auto-removable-trays.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.