| This example explains how to load a pallet with items that overhang. In other words, the pallet contents (wooden boards) are larger than the shipping pallet itself. The first step is to run QPM and open the Preferences or Settings window. This can be reached through the Tools menu (Windows) or through the Quick Pallet Maker menu (Mac OSX). For this example, we set the units to inches/lbs and the default case view to "External View" so we can see the boards like boards instead of like open boxes (which they're not). |
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| Once that has been done, we can open a new document window starting from box dimensions. We will consider the boards as boxes since they are placed directly on a pallet (they can be considered secondary packaging). We change the pallet type to any of the 48"x40" pallets. The next step is to load the boards that have been saved as box files. We can also enter their dimensions and colors one by one but we use the files in this example to save time. The compressed folder with the box files can be downloaded through this link. To load them, we press the ctrl key while we click on the "Import Boxes" button (note that the text changes to "Multiple Boxes". |
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| A window will appear for selecting the folder that contains the boxes. After you have decompressed the zip file that you downloaded from the link above, you will have a folder. Select that folder and all of the boxes will be loaded. |
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| Once the boxes have been loaded onto the window, it should look like the screenshot to the right. For this example, we select the last board that measures 36"x24" and move it up the list so it doesn't block the smaller boards. |
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| The next step is to use the "Calculate Multiple Boxes" command to calculate the pallets. |
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| We obtain a pallet that doesn't contain the longer boards and just the ones that fit. But this is not what we want so we decide to go back to the Input window by choosing Tools -> Change Data. |
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| Then, we set the maximum load length to the length of the longest board (84") and calculate again using "Calculate Multiple Boxes". |
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| We obtain a pallet with plenty of overhang but with all of the boards. |
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| Selecting the "Detailed Report" option from the Window menu and then clicking on the "Pallet Views" tab will show the different pallet views. We can also create a QuickTime movie that explains how the pallet is assembled. |
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