Packing different sized circles into rectangle - d3.js

Question

I was trying to pack circles of different sizes into a rectangular container, not packing in circular container that d3.js bundled with, under

Answer 1

Well, this is far from optimal packing, but it's something that others can try to beat.

Updated, but still not great

https://jsfiddle.net/LF9Yp/6/

Key code, such as it is:

var points = [[]]; //positioned circles, by row
function assignNextPosition(d,index) {
    console.log("fitting circle ", index, d.size);
    var i, j, n;
    var radiusPlus = rScale(d.size) + padding;
    if (!points[0].length) { //this is first object
       d.x = d.y = radiusPlus; 
       points[0].push(d);
       points[0].width = points[0].height = 2*radiusPlus;
       points[0].base = 0;
       return;
    }
    i = 0; n = points.length - 1; 
    var tooTight, lastRow, left, rp2, hyp;
    while ((tooTight = (width - points[i].width < 2*radiusPlus)
            ||( points[i+1]? 
                points[i+1].base - points[i].base < 2*radiusPlus 
                : false) ) 
          &&(i < n) ) i++;
           //skim through rows to see if any can fit this circle

    if (!tooTight) { console.log("fit on row ", i);
        //one of the rows had room
        lastRow = points[i];
        j=lastRow.length;

        if (i == 0) {
          //top row, position tight to last circle and wall
            d.y = radiusPlus;
            rp2 = (rScale(lastRow[j-1].size) + padding);
            d.x = lastRow[j-1].x + Math.sqrt(
                Math.pow( (radiusPlus + rp2), 2)
                - Math.pow( (radiusPlus - rp2),2) );
        }
        else {
           //position tight to three closest circles/wall
           //(left, top left and top right)
            //or (left, top left and right wall)
           var left = lastRow[j-1];
           d.x = left.x + rScale(left.size) + padding + radiusPlus;
           var prevRow = points[i - 1];       
           j = prevRow.length;
           while ((j--) && (prevRow[j].x > d.x));
           j = Math.max(j,0);
           if (j + 1 < prevRow.length) {
               console.log("fit between", prevRow[j], prevRow[j+1]);
               d.y = prevRow[j].y 
               + (Math.sqrt(Math.pow((radiusPlus + 
                           rScale(prevRow[j].size) +padding), 2) 
                           - Math.pow( (d.x - prevRow[j].x),2)
                       )||0);
              j++;
              d.y = Math.max(d.y, prevRow[j].y 
               + (Math.sqrt(Math.pow((radiusPlus + 
                           rScale(prevRow[j].size) +padding), 2) 
                           - Math.pow( (d.x - prevRow[j].x),2)
                       )||0)  );
           }
           else { //tuck tight against wall
               console.log("fit between", prevRow[j], "wall");
            d.x = width - radiusPlus;
            rp2 = (rScale(prevRow[j].size) + padding);
            d.y = prevRow[j].y + (Math.sqrt(
                Math.pow( (radiusPlus + rp2), 2)
                - Math.pow( (d.x - prevRow[j].x),2) )||0);
            if (i > 1)
                d.y = Math.max(d.y, points[i-2].height + radiusPlus);
           }
        }

        lastRow.push(d); 
        lastRow.width = d.x + radiusPlus;
        lastRow.height = Math.max(lastRow.height, 
                                  d.y + radiusPlus);
        lastRow.base = Math.min(lastRow.base,
                                d.y - radiusPlus);

    } else { console.log("new row ", points.length)
        prevRow = points[points.length -1];
        j=prevRow.length;
        while(j--) {
            var testY = prevRow[j].y + rScale(prevRow[j].size) + padding
                  + radiusPlus;
            if (testY + radiusPlus < prevRow.height) {
                //tuck row in gap
                d.x = prevRow[j].x;
                d.y = testY;
            }
        }
        if (!d.x) {//start row at left
          d.x = radiusPlus;
          d.y = prevRow.height + radiusPlus;
        }
        var newRow = [d];
        newRow.width = d.x + radiusPlus;
        newRow.height = Math.max(d.y + radiusPlus, prevRow.height);
        newRow.base = d.y - radiusPlus;
        points.push(newRow); 
    } 
            if (!d.y) console.log("error",d);
    if (d.y + radiusPlus > height) {
      //change rScale by the ratio this exceeds the height
      var scaleFactor = height/(d.y + radiusPlus);
      rScale.range([0, rScale.range()[1]*scaleFactor]);

      //recalculate all positions
      points.forEach(function(row, j){
            row.forEach(function(d, i) {
               d.x = (d.x - i*2*padding)*scaleFactor + i*2*padding;
               d.y = (d.y - i*2*padding)*scaleFactor + i*2*padding;
            });
            row.width *= scaleFactor;
      });

    }

}