Prevent stacking

[UdoW]

How could I prevent stacking of boxes?

I have some boxes which I want to mark so that no other box may be stacked on top of it. How could I do this?

[skjolber]

You cannot currently do that. There is a 2.x branch which will account for that kind of constraints, but it is pretty far from complete.

[UdoW]

How could I test this feature? Are there some examples or documentation?

[UdoW]

How can I test out this branch? What are the Maven coordinates?

Or should I build the branch for myself?

[skjolber]

There is no snapshot published yet, so look at the code branch. The model is still being worked on - packaging does not really work yet. But if you want, see if the model encompasses your requirements.

[skjolber]

@UdoW could you try the new StackConstraint class?

[UdoW]

@skjolber , I tried to use the version 2 of your framework. I have now more questions than before:

1. How do I find out which elements got placed after I ran the packager?
2. How do I find out what the placed position of the elments are after I ran the packager?
3. How could I find out how big a Container is after I created one? Previously I could ask the Container class for the dimensions.
4. How is Placement2D different to Placement3D?

For me, a lot of documentation is missing on how to use everything.

[skjolber]

Hi,

1. Get the Stack from the Container.
2. The Stack contains a list of placements (and the orientation of the Container when stacking)
3. Dimensions (++) now live in the so-called StackValue class. Try using getStackValues().
4. 2D vs 3D? So 2D is somewhat simpler / faster.

Feel free to suggest improvements to the docs, also this implementation currently has no tree-like structure to manage complex stacking constraints (like max weight).