| The purpose of this example is to explain how to create a pallet with boxes on its sides that also happens to feature alternate layers. This can be done through the use of the Layer Editor and its duplicate layers button. The first step is to create the pallet and we'll do so by starting from Box Dimensions (File -> New Data Sheet -> Start From Box). Once the window opens, we will enter the box dimensions and select a pallet to fill. In this example, the box measures 400x400x800 mm and the chosen pallet measures 1200x800mm. To save time, the box can only be placed on its width. |
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| After choosing Tools -> Recalculate, we should see a list of three pallets, the first two are regularly oriented and the third is calculated based on the restrictions while optimizing as much as possible the available space. Please note that the case placement restriction didn't affect the first two pallets. Once there, we select the third pallet and then choose "Tools -> Layer Editor". |
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| The top-down view of the first layer should appear (anyhow, you can scroll through the views by choosing "Tools -> Toggle Pallet View"). What we'll do here is to grab the first and second box from left to right and move them out so we can rotate them 90 degrees in the Z axis. |
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| Here we selected the first box and moved it back -400 mm in the X axis to flip it. |
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| Once flipped, we do the same with the middle box. |
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| This is how the pallet layer should look after finishing the rearrangement. |
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| We used the "Toggle Pallet View" command to see the isometric view. Doing that we realize that the drawing doesn't look right, so we click on "Organize Boxes" to fix it. |
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| Finally, while we keep the ctrl (control) key pressed, we click on the Duplicate Layers button. Note that once you press the ctrl key and the mouse is over the button, the text should change to "Alternate Layers". Clicking on the button and selecting "View All Layers" should produce the pallet in the screenshot. |
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| If you click on "OK" in the Layer Editor and then open the Detailed Report using "Window -> Detailed Report" you can take a look at the pallet views through the third tab of the window. |
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