Optimize circle position and radius to maximize coverage

[AMS_Helpdesk]

Hi all,

Currently I have a shape of a region and I want to determine where to place the center point of circle(s) to maximize overlap with the shape (coverage). The circle has a radius that can vary between a minimum and maximum.

Is it possible in Alteryx to determine the optimal configuration?

See image below as example. Black outline is the region, orange circles are optimally placed circles.

Thank you in advance.

Best,

Nick

[OllieClarke]

Hi @AMS_Helpdesk I've come up with this:

It's an iterative macro that splits the polygon into a grid of user defined size, and then finds the best square to start the circle. It runs through this process a user defined number of times. (this is what 1 circle looks like:)

The workflow I've attached will also output the % of the original polygon covered

Hope that helps,

Ollie

edit: Just realised I misread your question, I'll be back 🙂

[OllieClarke · Accepted solution]

@AMS_Helpdesk Sorry about that, this is more in-line with what you're after:

[AMS_Helpdesk]

@OllieClarke,

This is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you.

Best,

Nick