Nesting and optimizing and sort 2D surface on a sheet for laser cut

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Hi Everyone.
I have these surfaces, I’m trying to collect them on sheets, optimizing the space between them and keeping the sort list.
basically it for print them on a laser cut machine
OpenNest seems doesn’t consider the sort list.
Do you have any Idea?
Maybe in Kangaroo?
Thanks

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what do you mean by keeping the sorted list? you just want to space them along one single direction in such a way there is always a minimum distance between each two consecutive items?

for sure you can get that with a loop, please post some geometries (grasshopper file with internalized relevant geometries) but also with Kangaroo it might be a funny task :slight_smile:

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Hi Inno,
Thanks for reply

“you just want to space them along one single direction in such a way there is always a minimum distance between each two consecutive items?”
Yes, its exactly as you said
Thanks

Here le GH
2d optimizing.gh (83.4 KB)

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like for everything in life, here is a dirty prototype with a lot of suffering
I truly think there are only ways to do this better and cleaner… anyway :+1:

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array_of_stuff.gh (97.0 KB)

A takes planar curves on XY
B defines where the final curve array starts
C defines the direction of the array and the minimum step each curve is moved to try to avoid collision with the previous one
D defines “once the two curves are not touching anymore, how much more space you want there to be between them?”
E is the final result

quick demo:

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Hi Inno.
Im Back to the office.
thanks a lots !!

That was exactly what I meant!!

Have a nice day!

Thanks