Glossary

Storage and the game box

Term	Meaning
Component	Game contents you describe with measured size, quantity, and allowed orientations, such as cards or tokens. A regular objects arrangement occupies one required space; it does not create an individual pocket for every object.
Component instance	A named copy of a reusable component description that can be assigned separately. The template itself adds no extra contents.
Storage requirement	The clear space a component needs, including allowed orientations and allowances. One component can produce several requirements, for example when a deck is split into stacks.
Storage group	Requirements you explicitly place together in one compartment: a row, positioned arrangement, stack, or measured mixture of loose pieces. Its members remain identifiable, but the group is assigned as one space. It creates no divider.
Compartment	Usable interior space assigned to contents, excluding its floor and walls.
Clear dimensions	Usable dimensions inside a compartment.
Containment	The physical floor and side walls that hold directly stored contents. Neighboring removable objects cannot stand in for required boundaries.
Box envelope	The measured usable interior of the game box, after any declared reserves.
Existing closed container	A box already holding contents with its own floor and walls. BGI reserves its outside size and removal clearance, and cuts no panels for it.
Outer dimensions	Total space a constructed assembly or existing container takes, including its walls or case.

See storage and construction for how these objects relate and dimensions and clearances for the measurements.

Layout and construction

Term	Meaning
Assembly	A constructed set of panels and compartments with one design identity. BGI can make a fixed grid or a removable tray.
Grid assembly	Compartments made together with a floor, outer walls, and shared straight dividers.
Tray	A constructed assembly with its own floor and walls that can be removed as a whole.
Layer	An explicitly defined vertical region of the box. Supported manual tray stacks have specified support and removal order; BGI does not choose layer heights automatically.
Layout	The arrangement of compartments and assemblies in the game box. This differs from placing flat cut parts on material sheets.
Candidate	One suggested arrangement that passed BGI’s design checks and was saved. The normal run builds each retained candidate; you choose which one to make.
Panel	A flat material part, such as a floor, wall, or divider.
Tab / slot	A projection and matching cutout that join panels.

The design process explains the decisions from contents to a chosen layout. Automatic layouts, manual layouts, and tray layouts cover the available ways to arrange it.

Cutting and output

Term	Meaning
YAML project file	The editable file describing the game box, contents, material, and layout choices.
Kerf	Width of material removed by the laser along a cut.
Fit clearance	Intended finished-size difference between joining parts.
Toolpath	Line followed by the laser beam’s center after adjustment for cut width.
Kerf compensation	Moving the cutting line so the finished part approaches its intended size.
Sheet nesting	Placement of flat cut parts on material sheets.
SVG	Scalable drawing format used for plans, previews, and cutting files.
Bundle	Output folder with drawings, cutting files, build report, and assembly guidance.
Manifest	manifest.json in the bundle, listing design dimensions and produced files.
Calibration coupon	Small cut sample used to measure the actual material and machine fit.

See the project file reference for exact YAML fields and material calibration for setting up a sheet and laser.