Organize various cuts in sheet [Arch Nest]

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dcapeletti
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Organize various cuts in sheet [Arch Nest]

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Hi, I have a sheet of wood that I need to make several cuts from. I've seen that Arch Nest https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob ... Nesting.py can organize various objects into a sheet that functions as a container.
The problem is that this tool doesn't allow you to put a separation between the objects and I don't think it organizes them in the best way either. I think the algorithm needs to be improved to support separation between objects and allow for containers of various shapes.

I have attached a file so you can help me. Maybe some Path developer could improve this algorithm. Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
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Re: Organize various cuts in sheet [Arch Nest]

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I started porting deepnest to FreeCAD, but haven't had time to work on it lately. I'd like to get back to it sometime, but don't know when that will be.
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Re: Organize various cuts in sheet [Arch Nest]

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Previous discussion, Organize various cuts in sheet [Arch Nest].

I suggested to ask in Path because I remembered that some people in Path were also working on this, or had a desire to implement this.

As it is right now, Arch Nest is not very advanced; it was more like prototype code when it was originally created in 2017, and hasn't been improved since.
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Re: Organize various cuts in sheet [Arch Nest]

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Here is a free application to test https://deepnest.io/ maybe its source code could be useful to improve freecad. See https://github.com/Jack000/Deepnest/tree/master/main
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