Quick Pallet Maker

Using Drums as Boxes

This example explains how to save a drum as a box after calculating a pallet load, this is helpful for using the drum later for calculating containers load or pallets.


Open a new document window starting from primary package on File > New Data Sheet > Start from Primary Package.

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Configure the input data as follow:
  • Package Shape: cylinder.
  • External Dimensions 400x800 mm.
  • Weight: 40 kg.
  • Dimensions Allowed Vertical to Pallet: height.
  • Construction: stretch-wrap.
  • Case Count: 1.
NOTE: the pallet constraints are not relevant as we will use the calculation to save the box only for further use.

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After selecting Recalculate from the Tools menu, the Available Solutions window shows the resulting pallets.

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To save the cylinder as a box file you can do it either on File > Export > Box > File (XML) or right-clicking on the cylinder drawing > Export Box. Once the box is saved, you can use it on containers and pallets loads.

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