Use this to find the smallest possible rectangle that fully encloses a shape, at any rotation — for example, sizing the smallest rectangular pad or foundation that could contain an irregular footprint.
Different from Bounding Box, which is always aligned to the X/Y axes — Minimum Bounding Rectangle rotates to find the tightest possible fit, which is usually smaller.
Category: Geometric Operations
Kind: Operation
Description: returns the minimum bounding rectangle of a geometry
Inputs
Name | Abbreviation | Type | Access | Description |
feature | F | Cartesian | Item | the geometry |
Outputs
Name | Abbreviation | Type | Access | Description |
bounds | B | Cartesian | Item | the minimum bounding rectangle |
How to
Add the Minimum Bounding Rectangle node.
Feed in a geometry as "feature" — often from Read Feature, or any other geometry-producing node.
The output is the smallest rectangle, at whatever rotation makes it smallest, that fully contains it.