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Rickenbilly commented on Rickenbilly's blog post 'SLS:compacting many items into small volume'

Hi all! I have tried Rhino 'nest' and woks quite good for me. Thanks for the advises. R.

Aug 14, 2010

taz commented on Rickenbilly's blog post 'SLS:compacting many items into small volume'

For different sized sphere radii: http://tobesch.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/sphere-packing-in-grasshopper/ http://object-e.net/?p=568

Aug 3, 2010

taz commented on Rickenbilly's blog post 'SLS:compacting many items into small volume'

Some type of sphere packing might be the easiest solution. Create a dense packing of spheres based on the "size" of your largest piece (say bounding box + 1 mm offset) and use GH to translate all your pieces into the packing configuration.

Aug 3, 2010

Rickenbilly commented on Rickenbilly's blog post 'SLS:compacting many items into small volume'

Hi Nils, Unfortunally all objects are different. For lowering the cost of SLS-ing I am lloking for a way to put the items as compact as possible 'in the box' . What I am looking for is a kind of + to + magnet to keeps items separated…

Aug 3, 2010

Nils commented on Rickenbilly's blog post 'SLS:compacting many items into small volume'

Are the objects identical? If yes, a script in Rhino could do the job.

Aug 3, 2010

SLS:compacting many items into small volume

Hi,Working on a file with many, many small objects. Like rice in a box, but then ricegrains in different sizes!Is there a tool/function in Rhino/Max/Grasshopper that separates all this small individual pieces on ± 2 mm. distance from each other for a very compact but not connected SLS volume.Thanks,Rickenbillyregards,tonSee More

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SLS:compacting many items into small volume

Hi,

Working on a file with many, many small objects. Like rice in a box, but then ricegrains in different sizes!

Is there a tool/function in Rhino/Max/Grasshopper that separates all this small individual pieces on ± 2 mm. distance from each other for a very compact but not connected SLS volume.

Thanks,

Rickenbilly

regards,

ton

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 12:59pm — 5 Comments