Evaluate Item

Instantly validate the transport efficiency of your packaging by evaluating the achieved bin utilization.

Efficiently packs a single item type into a single bin by constructing packing layers. The response also contains all the information that would be needed to make use of packing visualization.

Visualization Compatible
API Documentation
Select Bin Illustration

Answers Questions Such As

  • We are designing a new product; how transport-efficient is our current packaging design?
  • How should we tweak the design of our product to make it more transport-efficient?
  • Which pallet/container/box size should be used for this particular item?

Notable Features

  • Handle the allowed overhang by specifying packingMargins.
  • Specializes in creating packing layers.
  • Provides insight into the actual pallet size via item furthestPoints.

Response


{
    "type": "Pallet",
    "width": 1.2,
    "depth": 1,
    "height": 1.65,
    "maxVolume": 2.178,
    "actualVolume": 1.7773,
    "actualVolumeUtil": 81.6052,
    "maxWeight": 1500,
    "actualWeight": 800,
    "actualWeightUtil": 53.3333,
    "nrOfItems": 80,
    "nrOfLayers": 8,
    "nrOfItemsPerLayer": 10,
    "packingMarginWidth": 0,
    "packingMarginDepth": 0.1,
    "packingMarginHeight": 0,
    "furthestPointWidth": 1.1747,
    "furthestPointDepth": 1.1,
    "furthestPointHeight": 1.5494,
    "fittedItems": [
        {
            "id": "DTM001-1",
            "width": 0.1858,
            "depth": 0.6176,
            "height": 0.1937,
            "volume": 0.0222,
            "weight": 10,
            "layer": 1,
            "xCoordinate": 0,
            "yCoordinate": 0,
            "zCoordinate": 0,
            "rotationType": 1,
            "rotationTypeDescription": "Rotate around the z-axis by 90°"
        },
        ...