Nesting 2D pieces

Does anyone know of a grasshopper patch that will nest 2d geometries for optimal area usage?
basically an alternative to rhinonest 295€

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Permalink Reply by taz on May 4, 2010 at 9:56pm

No such luck. If I remember correctly from previous discussions creating an algorithm for nesting is not a trivial matter.

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Permalink Reply by Simon Kallioinen on May 5, 2010 at 1:19am

You can find a very basic nesting algorithm at www.rhinoscript.org.

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Permalink Reply by taz on May 5, 2010 at 9:15am

I see something called "Object Arranger" but nothing named "Nesting"...

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Permalink Reply by ryles on May 5, 2010 at 4:52am

not the answer you are looking for but I can say that RhinoNEST is worth every penny. They have turned RhinoNEST into a very usable, easy, and stable product. They are very open to used feedback and are really involved in their user base community as far as feedback, wishes, and fixing bugs quick.

(I don't work for them, but I have been a user since 1.0. Then it was a crippled plugin that worked sometimes and seemed to be left out to pasture, when they started on 2.0 they started fresh and have backed the product up with great customer service/support.)

If you do happen to come across something GH related, please report back, I'd love to see it.

But really, for the price, RhinoNEST is a great deal if you do a lot of nesting like we do.

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Permalink Reply by Tuan N. Tran on May 5, 2010 at 10:39am

i'm waiting for Galapagos to be released with Grasshopper and try this out: randomly move or place objects to find smallest 2d bounding box area and minimum "intersections". i hope David can release Galapagos soon.