Installation¶

From PyPI¶

pip install compas_nest

To visualize results, also install the viewer:

pip install compas_viewer

From source¶

Requires a C++17/20 compiler (MSVC on Windows, clang on macOS, gcc/clang on Linux) and CMake ≥ 3.15. The OpenNest C++ engine sources are a git submodule under external/nest/ (self-contained — Clipper2 and a minimal Boost subset are bundled, so no CGAL/Boost/Eigen download is needed).

One step (uv — macOS, Windows Git Bash, Linux)¶

Creates a local .venv, installs every dependency, and builds the package:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/petrasvestartas/compas_nest.git
cd compas_nest
bash bash/install.sh

After editing C++ sources, rebuild without recreating the env: bash bash/build.sh --test.

conda¶

conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate compas_nest
pip install --no-build-isolation -ve .

plain pip (editable)¶

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/petrasvestartas/compas_nest.git
cd compas_nest
pip install nanobind "scikit-build-core[pyproject]"
pip install --no-build-isolation -ve .