This Shape Penalty command of the Edit menu allows you to change the shape penalty for all departments simultaneously. The shape penalty is the factor by which the excess of the department's shape ratio over the Max. Shape Ratio gets multiplied if it exceeds the maximum ratio and this product gets added to the shape adjusted distance score to avoid long narrow departments. A higher shape penalty will tend to make departments more like squares. A low or zero shape penalty will allow more long and narrow departments. The shape penalty cannot be negative.
Click on OK to accept the modifications that you have made to the shape penalty. If you click on Cancel then all the modifications that you made to the shape penalty will be discarded and the shape penalty will not be modified.
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