A manifest part may list "rotations" in degrees: [0] locks it, [0, 180] locks it at 0 with the half turn allowed (Allow180Equivalent), and [0, 90, 180, 270] is the automatic quarter-turn default. Any other set, or "rotations" together with "allowRotation": false, is an error naming the part. Without it, "allowRotation" behaves as before. Lets converted external benchmark jobs (Nestbolt's 0/180 garment and box jobs) keep their own rotation rules instead of being widened to quarter turns.
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Benchmarking whole-job engines
OpenNest.Benchmark runs each registered INestingEngine against .nest files or JSON manifests of DXFs and quantities. It ranks complete jobs first, then salvage-credited sheet cost with a penalty for each unplaced part. Invalid runs (bounds, spacing, quantity, rotation, or stock mismatch) place nothing and pay the penalty.
dotnet run --project OpenNest.Benchmark -- ./benchmark-jobs \
--sheet-sizes 48x96,60x120,72x120 --engines Irregular,Rectangles --csv results.csv
Supply --sheet-sizes for an independent candidate pool; otherwise a saved nest offers only its original sheet sizes, which can bias comparisons. A saved nest's first plate also supplies spacing, quadrant and clamps: its machine clamp rail is resolved for every candidate size, as desktop Auto Nest does, and its baseline layout is checked against the clamps it was made with. Manifests have no clamps. A manifest part allows quarter turns unless "allowRotation": false locks it at 0°, or "rotations" lists its angles in degrees: [0], [0, 180] or [0, 90, 180, 270]. A saved nest records its salvage rate, but salvage credit applies only with a positive --min-salvage-dimension. Without it, every complete one-sheet layout costs the same, as in desktop Auto Nest on a single plate size. The default --parallel 3 runs solves concurrently and confounds per-engine timing; use --parallel 1 for timing comparisons. --progress logs each solve's start, engine progress, and finish. --time-limit <seconds> stops each solve at that wall-clock limit and scores the best valid plan the engine had reported (see time limits); a solve with none counts as timed out. Without a limit the harness abandons a solve after five minutes; with one it waits for the limit plus a minute, so the engine's limit always fires first. Retain input hashes, exact commands, validity, fulfillment, costs, and raw results outside source control when comparing revisions; see fill performance verification.
Custom engines are DLLs implementing INestingEngine with a public parameterless constructor, loaded from Engines/ beside the benchmark executable. See nesting engines for built-ins and engine-change rules. Run dotnet run --project OpenNest.Benchmark -- --help for all options.