> Anybody here with good knowledge about the cutting stock problem and
> algorithms for that?
> Especially interested in some advice about the jungle of different
> approaches.
> 
> This particular problem is meant to be applied on rectangular stock
> (multiple sheets of different size) and with "cutting out pieces" with
> arbitrary shapes (but rather simple geometric ones).
> 
> regards, Göran

Göran , I wish more details about this .
You mean 
NumberOfsheets _ (valueMin to valueMax) atRandom "What valueMin and valueMax
yoy wish ? "
sheetInstance _ Rectangle origin: 0 at 0 corner: x @ y . " x y atRandom too "

shape1 shape2 ... shapeN "Rectangles, triangles , circles , other ? "

And if we cut this shapes on each sheetInstance we finish with a minimun
waste of sheets material ?

We could use this as programming problem in class ?

Cheers . Edgar

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