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Answer by Gerry Myerson for Best fit for multiple shapes inside an area

Where is everybody? Only one answer, which hasn't received any upvotes, nor any downvotes. I don't know any way to put this problem back on the radar screen other than posting an answer to it, so...

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Answer by Gerry Myerson for Best fit for multiple shapes inside an area

No. There isn't even a formula for best fit of rectangles of integer height and width 1 inside a rectangle of width 1. See "bin-packing."

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Best fit for multiple shapes inside an area

Is there a forumla to come up with the best fit for multiple shapes inside a rectangular area, so that none of the shapes are overlapping?

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