Say I have a list of 100 pieces in GH, which are ordered, for example along the X-axis. When I nest, they are placed randomly on a sheet. Would there be a way to keep the order, i.e sequence the nesting of the pieces?
They are sorted by size and placed near the closest point to previous element. So the order is lost.
Pack Objects components align objects by order, but it is a rectangular array. So short answer is no, not possible
This gets me a long way; Both options work well . One thing I am still struggling with now, is how to allow for multiple sheets with a given dimension…Like opennest would do.
You can have multiple sheet by doing something like that, the trick is to have a single mesh at the end. But as it is pixels it has not guarantee that objects will not intersect.
If all the pieces are identical, that might be possible. Otherwise, it seems reasonable that packing them onto sheets would take precedence over original sequence, eh? Maybe an option?
@laurent_delrieu - In all of your images, I don’t see a label for zero or one?
My application for this is in laser cutting/cnc milling sections to create different types of sculptures. I sure can sort them physically after cutting, but with larger or more complex sculptures, that can be a lot of work and prone to error. Therefore, I was wondering if there was a possibility of more ‘assorted’ nesting.
if all shapes are not packed, this means the tools has stopped after a number of calculations.
There is 1 millions of trys, so just put 10000000 (10 millions) and it must work
I think it could be good you mark your pieces, if you have a place hidden you could make sort of barcode.
If engraving is possible OpenNest has some single font. I also have Cistercian number in Nautilus