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Re: Make Small BOMs
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Tue, 24 May 2005 00:10:13 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Timothy Gould wrote:

   Thanks a lot for the feedback by the way. It’s really interesting hearing about your algorithms etc.

You know, I think Kevin and I were discussing this not too long ago. I vaguely remember something about using the minkowski sum on the alpha channel of the png files. But I don’t remember exactly what for. Anyhow, there’s a nifty applet that lets you play with minkowski sums here.

There’s plenty of resources on the internet for this. Just search for nesting algorithm or bin packing algorithm.

Enjoy,

Don



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  Re: Make Small BOMs
 
(...) And before I forget, here's a link to (URL), an open source bin packing program. Maybe there's some good ideas in there. Have Fun, Don (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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(...) <snip> (...) That's essentially what my algorithm does but I give the bias to whichever side will make the biggest new area rather than basing it on a specific preference. (...) Although there's no particular reason for it to happen, my (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad)

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