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Rectangle Placement
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You have a bunch of rectangular pieces. You need to arrange them in a
rectangular surface so that they don't overlap, keeping the total area of
the
rectangle as small as possible. This is fairly common when arranging
characters
in a bitmapped font, lightmaps for a 3D engine, and I guess other situations
as
well.
The idea of this algorithm is that, as we add rectangles, we can pre-select
"interesting" places where we can try to add the next rectangles. For
optimal results, the rectangles should be added in order. I initially tried
using area as a sorting criteria, but it didn't work well with very tall or
very flat rectangles. I then tried using the longest dimension as a
selector, and it worked much better. So much for intuition...
These "interesting" places are just to the right and just below the
currently added rectangle. The first rectangle, obviously, goes at the top
left, the next one would go either to the right or below this one, and so
on. It is a weird way to do it, but it seems to work very nicely.
The way we search here is fairly brute-force, the fact being that for most
off-line purposes the performance seems more than adequate. I have generated
a japanese font with around 8500 characters and all the time was spent
generating the bitmaps.
Also, for all we care, we could grow the parent rectangle in a different way
than power of two. It just happens that power of 2 is very convenient for
graphics hardware textures.
I'd be interested in hearing of other approaches to this problem. Make sure
to post them on http://www.flipcode.com
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Currently browsing [RectPlacement.zip] (6,056 bytes) - [RectPlacement.h] - (3,011 bytes)
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : RectPlacement.h
// Description : A class that allocates subrectangles into power-of-2 rectangles
// (C) Copyright 2000-2002 by Javier Arevalo
// This code is free to use and modify for all purposes
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef _RECT_PLACEMENT_H_
#define _RECT_PLACEMENT_H_
#include <vector>
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class CRectPlacement
{
public:
// Helper classes
struct TPos
{
int x, y;
TPos() { }
TPos(int _x, int _y): x(_x), y(_y) { }
bool operator ==(const TPos &p) const { return x == p.x && y == p.y; }
};
struct TRect: public TPos
{
int w, h;
TRect() { }
TRect(int _x, int _y, int _w, int _h): TPos(_x, _y), w(_w > 0? _w : 0), h(_h > 0? _h : 0) { }
bool Contains (const TPos &p) const { return (p.x >= x && p.y >= y && p.x < (x+w) && p.y < (y+h)); }
bool Contains (const TRect &r) const { return (r.x >= x && r.y >= y && (r.x+r.w) <= (x+w) && (r.y+r.h) <= (y+h)); }
bool Intersects (const TRect &r) const { return w > 0 && h > 0 && r.w > 0 && r.h > 0 && ((r.x+r.w) > x && r.x < (x+w) && (r.y+r.h) > y && r.y < (y+h)); }
// static bool Greater(const TRect &a, const TRect &b) { return a.w*a.h > b.w*b.h; } // Greater rect area. Not as good as the next heuristic
static bool Greater(const TRect &a, const TRect &b) { return (a.w > b.w && a.w > b.h) || (a.h > b.w && a.h > b.h); } // Greater size in at least one dim.
};
// ---------------------
typedef std::vector<TPos> CPosArray;
typedef std::vector<TRect> CRectArray;
// ---------------------
CRectPlacement() { Init(); }
~CRectPlacement() { End(); }
void Init (int w = 1, int h = 1);
void End ();
bool IsOk () const { return m_size.w > 0; }
int GetW () const { return m_size.w; }
int GetH () const { return m_size.h; }
long GetArea () const { return m_area; }
long GetTotalArea () const { return m_size.w*m_size.h; }
bool AddAtEmptySpotAutoGrow (TRect *pRect, int maxW, int maxH);
private:
TRect m_size;
CRectArray m_vRects;
CPosArray m_vPositions;
long m_area;
// ---------------------
bool IsFree (const TRect &r) const;
void AddPosition (const TPos &p);
void AddRect (const TRect &r);
bool AddAtEmptySpot (TRect &r);
};
#endif //_RECT_PLACEMENT_H_
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Currently browsing [RectPlacement.zip] (6,056 bytes) - [Test.cpp] - (4,835 bytes)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : Test.cpp
// Description : Test the RectPlacement class
// (C) Copyright 2000-2002 by Javier Arevalo
// This code is free to use and modify for all purposes
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <stdio.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include "RectPlacement.h"
#define MAX_TEXTURE_W 256
#define MAX_TEXTURE_H 256
#define NUM_SUBRECTS 500
#define MIN_SUBRECT 15
#define MAX_SUBRECT 50
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
struct TSubRect: public CRectPlacement::TRect
{
int n; // Original index of this subrect, before sorting
int nTex; // Texture in which this subrect will be placed.
TSubRect() { }
TSubRect(int _w, int _h, int _n): TRect(0, 0, _w, _h), n(_n), nTex(0) { }
};
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
typedef std::vector<TSubRect> CSubRectArray;
typedef std::vector<CRectPlacement> CTextureArray;
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : CreateLetters
// Description : Here's where you calculate your rectangles,
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CreateLetters (CSubRectArray &vecSubRects)
{
vecSubRects.clear();
// Let's just fill this with random stuff
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SUBRECTS; i++)
vecSubRects.push_back(TSubRect((rand() % MAX_SUBRECT) + MIN_SUBRECT, (rand() % MAX_SUBRECT) + MIN_SUBRECT, i));
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : CreateTextures
// Description : Create array of textures containing all subrects
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CreateTextures (CTextureArray &vecTextures, CSubRectArray &vecSubRects, int maxTexW, int maxTexH)
{
// Sort the subRects based on dimensions, larger dimension goes first.
std::sort(vecSubRects.begin(), vecSubRects.end(), CRectPlacement::TRect::Greater);
// Generate the first texture
vecTextures.clear();
vecTextures.push_back(CRectPlacement());
// Add all subrects
for (CSubRectArray::iterator it = vecSubRects.begin();
it != vecSubRects.end();
++it)
{
// We make sure we leave one pixel between subrects, so texels don't bleed with bilinear.
CRectPlacement::TRect r(0, 0, it->w+1, it->h+1);
// If an existing texture has actual space
bool bPlaced = false;
for (int i = 0; !bPlaced && i < vecTextures.size(); i++)
{
bPlaced = vecTextures[i].AddAtEmptySpotAutoGrow(&r, maxTexW, maxTexH);
if (bPlaced)
it->nTex = i;
}
// Try starting a new texture and fit the rect in there
if (!bPlaced)
{
vecTextures.push_back(CRectPlacement());
bPlaced = vecTextures[vecTextures.size()-1].AddAtEmptySpotAutoGrow(&r, maxTexW, maxTexH);
if (bPlaced)
it->nTex = vecTextures.size()-1;
else
printf("ERROR: Subrect is too big to fit in texture!", it->w, it->h);
}
// If correctly placed in a texture, the coords are returned in r.x and r.y
// Store them.
if (bPlaced)
{
it->x = r.x;
it->y = r.y;
}
}
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : main
// Description : heh
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
int main()
{
CTextureArray vecTextures;
CSubRectArray vecSubRects;
CreateLetters(vecSubRects);
CreateTextures(vecTextures, vecSubRects, MAX_TEXTURE_W, MAX_TEXTURE_H);
{
for (CSubRectArray::const_iterator it = vecSubRects.begin();
it != vecSubRects.end();
++it)
{
printf("Subrect %d (originally %d), size %dx%d, goes into texture %d at pos %d,%d\n",
it - vecSubRects.begin(), it->n, it->w, it->h, it->nTex, it->x, it->y);
}
}
printf("Created a total of %d textures\n", vecTextures.size());
{
for (CTextureArray::const_iterator it = vecTextures.begin();
it != vecTextures.end();
++it)
{
printf(" Texture %d, size %dx%d, Coverage %d / %d (%d%%)\n",
it - vecTextures.begin(), it->GetW(), it->GetH(),
it->GetArea(), it->GetTotalArea(), it->GetArea()*100/it->GetTotalArea());
}
}
return 0;
}
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Currently browsing [RectPlacement.zip] (6,056 bytes) - [RectPlacement.cpp] - (7,435 bytes)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : RectPlacement.cpp
// Description : A class that fits subrectangles into a power-of-2 rectangle
// (C) Copyright 2000-2002 by Javier Arevalo
// This code is free to use and modify for all purposes
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
You have a bunch of rectangular pieces. You need to arrange them in a
rectangular surface so that they don't overlap, keeping the total area of the
rectangle as small as possible. This is fairly common when arranging characters
in a bitmapped font, lightmaps for a 3D engine, and I guess other situations as
well.
The idea of this algorithm is that, as we add rectangles, we can pre-select
"interesting" places where we can try to add the next rectangles. For optimal
results, the rectangles should be added in order. I initially tried using area
as a sorting criteria, but it didn't work well with very tall or very flat
rectangles. I then tried using the longest dimension as a selector, and it
worked much better. So much for intuition...
These "interesting" places are just to the right and just below the currently
added rectangle. The first rectangle, obviously, goes at the top left, the next
one would go either to the right or below this one, and so on. It is a weird way
to do it, but it seems to work very nicely.
The way we search here is fairly brute-force, the fact being that for most off-
line purposes the performance seems more than adequate. I have generated a
japanese font with around 8500 characters and all the time was spent generating
the bitmaps.
Also, for all we care, we could grow the parent rectangle in a different way
than power of two. It just happens that power of 2 is very convenient for
graphics hardware textures.
I'd be interested in hearing of other approaches to this problem. Make sure
to post them on http://www.flipcode.com
*/
#include "RectPlacement.h"
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name :
// Description :
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CRectPlacement::Init (int w, int h)
{
End();
m_size = TRect(0, 0, w, h);
m_vPositions.push_back(TPos(0,0));
m_area = 0;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name :
// Description :
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CRectPlacement::End ()
{
m_vPositions.clear();
m_vRects.clear();
m_size.w = 0;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : IsFree
// Description : Check if the given rectangle is partially or totally used
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool CRectPlacement::IsFree (const TRect &r) const
{
if (!m_size.Contains(r))
return false;
for (CRectArray::const_iterator it = m_vRects.begin();
it != m_vRects.end();
++it)
if (it->Intersects(r))
return false;
return true;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : AddPosition
// Description : Add new anchor point
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CRectPlacement::AddPosition (const TPos &p)
{
// Try to insert anchor as close as possible to the top left corner
// So it will be tried first
bool bFound = false;
CPosArray::iterator it;
for (it = m_vPositions.begin();
!bFound && it != m_vPositions.end();
++it)
{
if (p.x+p.y < it->x+it->y)
bFound = true;
}
if (bFound)
m_vPositions.insert(it, p);
else
m_vPositions.push_back(p);
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : AddRect
// Description : Add the given rect and updates anchor points
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CRectPlacement::AddRect (const TRect &r)
{
m_vRects.push_back(r);
m_area += r.w*r.h;
// Add two new anchor points
AddPosition(TPos(r.x, r.y+r.h));
AddPosition(TPos(r.x+r.w, r.y));
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : AddAtEmptySpot
// Description : Add the given rectangle
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool CRectPlacement::AddAtEmptySpot (TRect &r)
{
// Find a valid spot among available anchors.
bool bFound = false;
CPosArray::iterator it;
for (it = m_vPositions.begin();
!bFound && it != m_vPositions.end();
++it)
{
TRect Rect(it->x, it->y, r.w, r.h);
if (IsFree(Rect))
{
r = Rect;
bFound = true;
break; // Don't let the loop increase the iterator.
}
}
if (bFound)
{
// Remove the used anchor point
m_vPositions.erase(it);
// Sometimes, anchors end up displaced from the optimal position
// due to irregular sizes of the subrects.
// So, try to adjut it up & left as much as possible.
for (int x = 1; x <= r.x; x++)
if (!IsFree(TRect(r.x - x, r.y, r.w, r.h)))
break;
for (int y = 1; y <= r.y; y++)
if (!IsFree(TRect(r.x, r.y - y, r.w, r.h)))
break;
if (y > x)
r.y -= y-1;
else
r.x -= x-1;
AddRect(r);
}
return bFound;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Name : AddAtEmptySpotAutoGrow
// Description : Add a rectangle of the given size, growing our area if needed
// Area grows only until the max given.
// Returns the placement of the rect in the rect's x,y coords
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool CRectPlacement::AddAtEmptySpotAutoGrow (TRect *pRect, int maxW, int maxH)
{
if (pRect->w <= 0)
return true;
int orgW = m_size.w;
int orgH = m_size.h;
// Try to add it in the existing space
while (!AddAtEmptySpot(*pRect))
{
int pw = m_size.w;
int ph = m_size.h;
// Sanity check - if area is complete.
if (pw >= maxW && ph >= maxH)
{
m_size.w = orgW;
m_size.h = orgH;
return false;
}
// Try growing the smallest dim
if (pw < maxW && (pw < ph || ((pw == ph) && (pRect->w >= pRect->h))))
m_size.w = pw*2;
else
m_size.h = ph*2;
if (AddAtEmptySpot(*pRect))
break;
// Try growing the other dim instead
if (pw != m_size.w)
{
m_size.w = pw;
if (ph < maxW)
m_size.h = ph*2;
}
else
{
m_size.h = ph;
if (pw < maxW)
m_size.w = pw*2;
}
if (pw != m_size.w || ph != m_size.h)
if (AddAtEmptySpot(*pRect))
break;
// Grow both if possible, and reloop.
m_size.w = pw;
m_size.h = ph;
if (pw < maxW)
m_size.w = pw*2;
if (ph < maxH)
m_size.h = ph*2;
}
return true;
}
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