diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ae6c9d0dca5..a2bb1de08a8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -836,6 +836,11 @@
         "live-server": "1.2.0"
       }
     },
+    "bin-pack": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bin-pack/-/bin-pack-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-wqAU7b8L7XCjKSBi7UZXe5YSBnk="
+    },
     "binary-extensions": {
       "version": "1.11.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-1.11.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89b9c157e7f..61c84d539f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "bezier-js": "^2.2.13",
+    "bin-pack": "1.0.2",
     "hooks": "^0.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/part.js b/src/part.js
index 7322e1354d5..b65c2888c5a 100644
--- a/src/part.js
+++ b/src/part.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ function part(id) {
   this.snippets = {};
   this.id = id;
   this.freeId = 0;
+  this.topLeft = false;
+  this.bottomRight = false;
   this.render = id.substr(0, 1) === "_" ? false : true;
   this.points.origin = new point(0, 0);
   for (let k in hooklib) this[k] = hooklib[k];
@@ -50,8 +52,52 @@ part.prototype.getUid = function() {
   return "" + this.freeId;
 };
 
+/** Returns a value formatted for units provided in settings */
 part.prototype.units = function(value) {
   return units(value, this.context.settings.units);
 };
 
+/** Calculates the part's bounding box and sets it */
+part.prototype.boundary = function() {
+  if (this.topLeft) return this; // Cached
+
+  let topLeft = new point(Infinity, Infinity);
+  let bottomRight = new point(-Infinity, -Infinity);
+  for (let key in this.paths) {
+    let path = this.paths[key].boundary();
+    if (path.render) {
+      if (path.topLeft.x < topLeft.x) topLeft.x = path.topLeft.x;
+      if (path.topLeft.y < topLeft.y) topLeft.y = path.topLeft.y;
+      if (path.bottomRight.x > bottomRight.x)
+        bottomRight.x = path.bottomRight.x;
+      if (path.bottomRight.y > bottomRight.y)
+        bottomRight.y = path.bottomRight.y;
+    }
+  }
+  // Add 10mm margin
+  this.topLeft = new point(topLeft.x - 10, topLeft.y - 10);
+  this.bottomRight = new point(bottomRight.x + 10, bottomRight.y + 10);
+
+  return this;
+};
+
+/** Stacks part so that its top left corner is in (0,0) */
+part.prototype.stack = function() {
+  if (this.topLeft.x === 0 && this.topLeft.y === 0) return this;
+
+  this.boundary().attr(
+    "transform",
+    `translate(${this.topLeft.x * -1}, ${this.topLeft.y * -1})`
+  );
+
+  return this;
+};
+
+/** Adds an attribute. This is here to make this call chainable in assignment */
+part.prototype.attr = function(name, value) {
+  this.attributes.add(name, value);
+
+  return this;
+};
+
 export default part;
diff --git a/src/path.js b/src/path.js
index d11b4c05d61..5b7215abb7c 100644
--- a/src/path.js
+++ b/src/path.js
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import attributes from "./attributes";
+import point from "./point";
 import Bezier from "bezier-js";
 import { pathOffset, pathLength } from "./utils";
 
 function path() {
   this.render = true;
+  this.topLeft = false;
+  this.bottomRight = false;
   this.attributes = new attributes();
   this.ops = [];
 }
@@ -114,4 +117,39 @@ path.prototype.end = function() {
   if (op.type === "close") return this.start();
   else return op.to;
 };
+
+/** Finds the bounding box of a path */
+path.prototype.boundary = function() {
+  if (this.topLeft) return this; // Cached
+
+  let current;
+  let topLeft = new point(Infinity, Infinity);
+  let bottomRight = new point(-Infinity, -Infinity);
+  for (let i in this.ops) {
+    let op = this.ops[i];
+    if (op.type === "move" || op.type === "line") {
+      if (op.to.x < topLeft.x) topLeft.x = op.to.x;
+      if (op.to.y < topLeft.y) topLeft.y = op.to.y;
+      if (op.to.x > bottomRight.x) bottomRight.x = op.to.x;
+      if (op.to.y > bottomRight.y) bottomRight.y = op.to.y;
+    } else if (op.type === "curve") {
+      let bb = new Bezier(
+        { x: current.x, y: current.y },
+        { x: op.cp1.x, y: op.cp1.y },
+        { x: op.cp2.x, y: op.cp2.y },
+        { x: op.to.x, y: op.to.y }
+      ).bbox();
+      if (bb.x.min < topLeft.x) topLeft.x = bb.x.min;
+      if (bb.y.min < topLeft.y) topLeft.y = bb.y.min;
+      if (bb.x.max > bottomRight.x) bottomRight.x = bb.x.max;
+      if (bb.y.max > bottomRight.y) bottomRight.y = bb.y.max;
+    }
+    if (op.to) current = op.to;
+  }
+
+  this.topLeft = topLeft;
+  this.bottomRight = bottomRight;
+
+  return this;
+};
 export default path;
diff --git a/src/pattern.js b/src/pattern.js
index bcdcb3ab947..2c125b728b7 100644
--- a/src/pattern.js
+++ b/src/pattern.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import attributes from "./attributes";
 import { macroName } from "./utils";
 import part from "./part";
 import point from "./point";
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ import path from "./path";
 import snippet from "./snippet";
 import svg from "./svg";
 import hooks from "./hooks";
+import pack from "bin-pack";
 
 export default function pattern(config = false) {
   // Allow no-config patterns
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ export default function pattern(config = false) {
     throw "Could not create pattern: You should define at least one part in your pattern config";
   }
 
+  this.width = false;
+  this.height = false;
   // Constructors
   this.point = point;
   this.path = path;
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ pattern.prototype.draft = function() {
 
 pattern.prototype.render = function() {
   this.hooks.attach("preRenderSvg", this.svg);
+
   this.hooks.attach("postRenderSvg", this.svg);
   //this.hooks.attach('insertText', this.svg);
 
@@ -122,3 +127,29 @@ pattern.prototype.macro = function(key, method) {
     this.hooks.attach(name, part);
   }
 };
+
+/** Packs parts in a 2D space and sets pattern size */
+pattern.prototype.pack = function() {
+  let bins = [];
+  for (let key in this.parts) {
+    let part = this.parts[key];
+    if (part.render) {
+      part.stack();
+      bins.push({
+        id: part.id,
+        width: part.bottomRight.x - part.topLeft.x,
+        height: part.bottomRight.y - part.topLeft.y
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  let size = pack(bins, { inPlace: true });
+  for (let bin of bins) {
+    let part = this.parts[bin.id];
+    if (bin.x !== 0 || bin.y !== 0)
+      part.attr("transform", `translate (${bin.x}, ${bin.y})`);
+  }
+  this.width = size.width;
+  this.height = size.height;
+
+  return this;
+};
diff --git a/src/svg.js b/src/svg.js
index 19dbcface08..7b1e7f4dace 100644
--- a/src/svg.js
+++ b/src/svg.js
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ svg.prototype.insertText = function() {};
 /** Renders a draft object as SVG */
 svg.prototype.render = function(pattern) {
   this.preRenderSvg();
+  // this needs to run after the preSvgRender hook as it might add stuff
+  pattern.pack();
+  this.attributes.add("width", pattern.width + "mm");
+  this.attributes.add("height", pattern.height + "mm");
+  this.attributes.add("viewBox", `0 0 ${pattern.width} ${pattern.height}`);
   this.svg = this.prefix;
   this.svg += this.renderComments(this.header);
   this.svg += this.renderSvgTag(pattern);
@@ -204,11 +209,13 @@ svg.prototype.renderSnippet = function(snippet) {
 };
 
 /** Returns SVG code to open a group */
-svg.prototype.openGroup = function(id) {
+svg.prototype.openGroup = function(id, attributes = false) {
   let svg = this.nl() + this.nl();
   svg += `<!-- Start of group #${id} -->`;
   svg += this.nl();
-  svg += `<g id="${id}">`;
+  svg += `<g id="${id}"`;
+  if (attributes) svg += ` ${attributes.render()}`;
+  svg += ">";
   this.indent();
   this.openGroups.push(id);