p. How to lock some containers and recalculate the rest

You can lock the loading plan for some containers/boxes and recompute the others. You can modify placement, parameters or rules, or add/remove cargo for the unlocked containers.

Example:

Loading data:

Loading requirements:

1) Height perpendicular to the ground only.

2) Keep the same cargo together; if there is space above, other cargo may be placed there.

3) Compute the number of 40HC needed.

Choose Container loading / Multi-SKU.

Step 1: Cargo → Excel batch import.

1) Get template.

2) Fill template:

① Name, qty, dimensions.

② Allow only stand and stand horizontal rotation.

3) Import from Excel.

Step 2: Container → Add 40HC from database. Corner castings 10×10×10 cm and reserved sizes.

Step 3: Loading rules → set Stack method to "Place the same product adjacently". Pay attention to cross depth — default 2 m. See Cross Depth for details.

Click Auto-calculate. Six 40HC are needed; the 3D views show the same cargo adjacent, but containers 1 and 2 still have unused space on top.

This is because of the 2 m cross depth. Setting it to 1200, re-calculate: now container 2 has cargo on top, but container 6 still has leftover C that could go on top of container 1.

This is because "Same product adjacent" operates within a single container in the length direction, not vertically.

Use the lock-and-recompute feature:

Click Loading result list, lock containers 2, 3, 4, 5, then open Loading rules and change Stack method to Free combination.

Click Auto-calculate. Containers 2–5 are unchanged; containers 1 and 6 get a new plan, using a total of five 40HC.

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