The Irregular engine grows each sheet from one side, so parts that fit only
when the outer ones hug opposite edges never met: ten one-off brackets
(four tapered 112-inch bars, four gussets, two small plates) stacked three bars
on one sheet and took three 60 x 120 sheets where two hold them.
After the search, a sheet-reduction pass splits a complete single-stock plan
over one sheet fewer and packs each sheet edge first: large parts to the
corners (flush, most outline on the edges, thinnest across the sheet), small
parts into the gaps last, and one key part into the pocket between. Clamped
sides move in past the keep-outs so edge parts line up on one straight edge.
When no sampled orientation fits the key, ContactFit turns it by its contacts
(each overlap a linear constraint on dx, dy and rotation) instead of sampling
more angles; the exact no-fit free region then confirms the angle, so spacing
and validation are unchanged. That job now nests on two sheets, the middle bar
at 4.4 degrees; the repository benchmark jobs are unchanged.
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A clamp rail can now carry its own Clearance, the gap parts keep from
every clamp footprint, independent of part spacing. Unset, it keeps the
sheet's bottom edge spacing as before. Clamp blocks drawn under the
sheet can use close to zero so the laser only stays off them.
Plate.ClampClearance and NestPlateStock.ClampClearance resolve it once;
the engines, interactive fill/pack/push, the layout check, Expander walls
and automatic cut-off placement all read it. The interactive push now
holds clamps at their square clearance keep-out (the layout check's
shape) instead of the part spacing, so parts no longer tuck into its
corners; the clamped fill characterization digests are re-pinned after
checking the new layouts validate.
Persisted as an optional `clearance` on the .nest clamp rail and the
machine clamp settings; edited in Nest > Clamps and the machine's
Clamps tab.
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