Cardboard Globe - similar to the one in the Glowforge Video

[bwente]

Thanks for taking this on. Try running it through this…

Genetic algortihms for nesting

SVGnest is a free and open-source alternative that solves this problem with a geometric approach, using a genetic algorithm for global optimization. It works for arbitrary containers and concave edge cases, and performs on-par with existing commercial software. I think there will be a lot of cross posting with hackaday once we get our glowforges. demo link: http://svgnest.com/