Use this when you're maximizing a rectangular footprint inside an irregular site or floorplate, at whatever angle fits best. For example, fit the biggest possible building envelope, parking pad, or sports court inside an oddly shaped parcel.
Category: Geometric Operations
Kind: Operation
Description: returns the largest rectangle that fits inside a polygon, at any rotation
Inputs
Name | Abbreviation | Type | Access | Description |
polygon | P | Cartesian | Item | the polygon to fit a rectangle inside |
Outputs
Name | Abbreviation | Type | Access | Description |
rectangle | R | Cartesian | Item | the inscribed rectangle |
width | W | Number | Item | the width of the rectangle |
height | H | Number | Item | the height of the rectangle |
How to
Add the Largest Inscribed Rectangle node.
Feed in a polygon.
The outputs are the largest rectangle that fits inside it, at whatever rotation makes it biggest, plus its width and height.