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Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm?

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On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 12:37:58 PM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie > Yes, I appreciate that, but it still seems to me that 3D-Tetris has some 
> similarities with what you're trying to do in that the shape and its 
> orientation matters when you're filling a container. Calculating how to 
> fill a container with a mix of sofas, chairs and desks springs to mind. 
> 
> Obviously, the people doing the stacking manually optimise container 
> packing, but maybe your loading calculator should as well, otherwise it 
> may miscalculate the amount of stuff it include in a load. 
> 
> It may not matter so much if it underestimates a load, but is it likely 
> to cause problems if it consistently overestimates what can be put in a 
> container?
> 

Yes, obviously, and this is a first step in simplifying the process to select which items can go in trucks together, which is previously done 100% manually.  Unless we can find a perfect algorithm to reproduce exactly what they've come up with in spreadsheets every time they will need to manually adjust the load.  Once they try it out we can get some feedback to tweak the algorithm.  I wouldn't want to go all out gathering data not currently in the system trying to reach the endgame in one shot.

I'm sure the traffic manager would love it if we could write a truck packing screen as a game of 3D Tetris.

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Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-08 05:05 -0700
  Is there already an easy fit algorithm? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-09-08 07:38 -0700
    Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-08 08:34 -0700
    Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-08 11:36 -0700
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        Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2017-09-11 20:24 -0700
          Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-12 05:05 -0700
          Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-12 05:11 -0700
            Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-09-12 10:31 -0700
              Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-12 10:52 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-09-12 12:43 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-12 13:02 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-09-12 17:08 -0400
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 05:21 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-09-13 12:49 -0400
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 11:13 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-09-13 14:24 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-13 20:35 -0400
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-09-14 11:26 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-14 11:53 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-09-14 19:49 +0000
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-09-14 14:38 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-14 20:34 -0400
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-09-15 09:22 +0000
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-15 20:03 -0400
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2017-09-19 21:16 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-20 08:58 -0400
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? leif.roar@dimnakorr.com - 2017-09-18 04:14 -0500
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-09-12 21:50 +0000
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 05:12 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-09-13 13:07 +0000
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 06:33 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-09-13 16:37 +0000
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 10:36 -0700
                Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-09-13 18:54 +0000
            Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2017-09-19 21:21 -0700
          Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-12 07:32 -0700
            Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-12 08:02 -0700
  Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-09-12 11:47 -0400
  Re: Is there already an easy fit algorithm? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-09-15 10:27 +0000

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