Use this when you're maximizing a rectangular footprint inside an irregular site or floorplate, at whatever angle fits best — for example, fitting 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.