Wolfram Language Paclet Repository
Community-contributed installable additions to the Wolfram Language
Pack smaller rectangles into a larger rectangle
Contributed by: Jason Biggs, Wolfram Research
This paclet contains functions for packing rectangles into a rectangular area, the two-dimensional bin packing problem. No circles, no ovals, hexagons are right out as well. Squares, being a type of rectangle, are also processed, but other quadrilaterals are not.
To install this paclet in your Wolfram Language environment,
evaluate this code:
PacletInstall["JasonB/RectanglePacking"]
Pack eight smaller rectangular areas, given as a list of {width, height} pairs, into a 20 by 30 rectangular space:
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Visualize the results:
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Create a mutable rectangle packing data structure:
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Insert some rectangles:
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Visualize the state of the packing object:
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Add a fixed rectangle:
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Add more rectangles:
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Try to insert a rectangle that is too large to fit in the remaining space:
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