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Advanced Cubing Options

Packsize’s cubing is capable of handling several advance cubing options to further reduce carton sizes or aid in proper packing of items requiring special considerations. These are item parameters that may be added to the Item object.

CanNest

Items that are the same flagged with this attribute can fit inside one another (e.g. bowls).

Field

Data Type

Required

Description

CanNest

Boolean

No

Whether the item can be nested with other like items (default is false)

NestGrowthDimension1

Float

No

Incremental increase in mm or in. of adding one additional item (default is 0) 

NestGrowthDimension2

Float

No

Incremental increase in mm or in. of adding one additional item (default is 0)

NestGrowthDimension3

Float

No

Incremental increase in mm or in. of adding one additional item (default is 0)

NestMaxDimension1

Integer

No

Max number nested product in Dimension1 (default is 0)

NestMaxDimension2

Integer

No

Max number nested product in Dimension2 (default is 0)

NestMaxDimension3

Integer

No

Max number nested product in Dimension3 (default is 0)

CanContain

Items with voids that can fit other dissimilar products into the void spaces.

Field

Data Type

Required

Description

CanContain

Boolean

No

Whether the item can contain other items (default is false)

ContainDimension1

Float

No

Interior void of Dimension1 in mm or in.; must be less than product dimension (default is 0)

ContainDimension2

Float

No

Interior void of Dimension2 in mm or in.; must be less than product dimension (default is 0)

ContainDimension3

Float

No

Interior void of Dimension3 in mm or in.; must be less than product dimension (default is 0)

Layering/Stacking

Restricts products from being placed above or below the flagged product.

Field

Data Type

Required

Description

IsSingleLayer

Boolean

No

When true, the item must be on a single layer, no products allowed above or below target product (default is false)

Orientation

Restricts the product from being rotated when finding an optimal solution for the order being packed; always locks on Dimension3 (generally the vertical, height axis).

Field

Data Type

Required

Description

OrientationLocked

Boolean

No

When true, the item cannot be rotated (default is false)

Item-Level Padding

Allows for flagged products to have additional padding added to the base dimensions allowing the product to be wrapped with padding material to protect the product in shipping.

Field

Data Type

Required

Description

RequiresPadding

Boolean

No

When true, adds padding to the product dimensions (default is false).

UseDefaultPadding

Boolean

No

When true, adds the padding amount set in PackNet DIM UI (default is false)

Padding

Float

No

Padding amount to be added to product dimensions (default is false)

PaddedDimensions

Array

No

Length, width, and height of products plus the padding amount in mm or in. (default is 0)