On a plate packed edge to edge, an overlap left by hand-placing extra
parts could not be fixed: straight push chains ran into the edge and
the relaxation gave up on pairs that share material, which have no
contact normal. The relaxation now pushes such a pair along its
shortest straight way out and lets the rest settle, which cleared a
0.92 sq in overlap on a 38-part plate with every part kept square.
When moves alone still cannot settle, the relaxation runs again as a
rigid one: an off-center push also turns a part, up to 3 degrees, if
its drawing is free to rotate. Moves stay first because a tilt turns
every part the push reaches.
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