I'm currently working on adding this..

As the title states it would be awsome to be able to config the printer volume eithre by config file or by command line variable

this a cool program.. just wondering if there is any way to lock orientation of certain parts?

Hi
Can you share pseudo code or algorithm for binpack implementation ? And are you using item Bvh for binpack or using the item Aabb instead. Thanks

I ran the command:

./binpack 4 helmet.stl 2 Pharaoh.stl 10 Utah_teapot_solid.stl

But it took forever at this stage:

loading mesh... 148.879948ms
loading mesh... 86.407924ms
loading mesh... 1.248878ms
bin packing... 

Location

As far as I check by stepping through the code with debugger, the location of the endless loop is the recursive call to this function at this file and line:

// github.com/fogleman/pack3d/binpack/pack.go

func pack(items []Item, box Box, hash *SpatialHash, minVolume Vector) Result {
	// ...
				r[j] = pack(items, b[i][j], hash, minVolume) // Line 117
	// ...
}

Not really an issue per-se but it would be great to be able to use this algorithm to only pack objects on the build plate without stacking. Suggestions are much more than welcome.

5mm padding is not always ideal, or even desired. Allow padding to be specified when launching the application, defaulting to 5mm.

Is there a way I can adapt that to pack my models inside the custom shape volume?

for example would it be possible to have say a bucket shape with open top and several small objects and pack the small object in the free space in the hollow bucket? currently it seems to treat the object as solid and packs around, works great thou, just wondered if it was possible to detect freespace in hollow objects?

Thanks

Good morning,
i would like to use this pack3d script with my printer but i cant find the variable which defines the printer bed volumen. Could you please tell me where to find it?
This is some really great code work you did there.

greetings
Gerhard

I'm currently making the assumption that P is the spacing between a part and the boundry of the next part (essentially making space between parts 5mm?), but I am unsure what S is for, can you please help?