PackAssistant v4.7

PackAssistant enables the user to handle different types of packaging­ explained in the following sections.

The parts can be imported in either of the formats JT (*.jt), STEP (*.stp, *.step), IGES (*.igs, *.iges), VRML (*.wrl) and STL (*.stl).

In addition, parameters for customer-specific packing solutions are available:

• Possibility to select the minimum distance between parts, the container base and walls, compartments.

• Adherence to the maximum load of the container.

• In order to facilitate the stability of the container, it is possible to define stable positions for the parts.

• Compute the minimum volume box of a single part.

• Automatic choice of an appropriate container from a list.

Packing reports are generated as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word documents. Detailed images make it easy for the user to put the suggested packing instructions into practice.

Packing reports are generated as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word documents. Detailed images make it easy for the user to put the suggested packing instructions into practice.

The results can be exported as CAD-datasets in various formats.

4-Window view, as used in common CAD-Tools.

The packing direction is indicated by displaying three sides of a container as a grid.

Live-adaptation of the bounding box and the maximum support surface to easily create manual stable positions.

3D representation of results

Rotation of parts is user-friendly and parts are not hidden.

Simple toggling of individual layers to be visualised / hidden in the result.

Display of results and 3D-CAD output

PackAssistant provides meaningful 3D images within a packing report, which in particular allows the ideal basis for the creation of specific commercial quotes. The customer can see straightaway how the objects should be arranged in the available space. Until now this had to be done by laborious drawings or graphs.

Packing reports are generated as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word documents. You can adjust the layout of the document to the needs of your company. Additionally the results can be exported as CAD-datasets in the formats JT (*.jt), STEP (*.stp, *.step) and VRML (*.wrl). This allows a more descriptive representation of the packing arrangement to be created, which can, when desired, also be included within the packing report. A 3D-viewer software can show individual sections and views of the packing arrangement.

The user interface is simplified and operation is intuitive.

Help boxes (pop-ups) are provided for all functions, throughout the system.

The interface can be adapted by the user for the choice of mm / inch and kg / pound settings.

Improvement for loading parts:

Direct creation and introduction of the automatically determined stable position.

Option to adapt the part’s unit of length.