TOPS Pro Tutorial - TOPS - Packaging Software

Shipcase Database Option
As you work through analyses and create various types of shipcases,
TOPS Pro allows you to save those shipcases to a shipcase database.
Rather than enter shipcase parameters with each new analysis, this feature
allows you to use shipcases already defined in the system.
Notice two things on the Shipcase Parameters dialog box:
The Case feature includes a Database option, which activates the
Database feature just below.
The Database feature tells TOPS Pro to automatically use shipcases
already set up and stored in the shipcase database. The Database
feature has two options:
− All: Tells TOPS Pro to consider all shipcases saved to the
database when it calculates solutions.
− Multiple: Opens the Select Items dialog box and allows you to
select specific shipcases to be used in calculating solutions.
To use the Multiple option, follow these instructions:
1. Click on the Multiple button.
System Response: The Select Items dialog box appears, as pictured
below.
Notice two things about this dialog box:
The window on the left shows a list of shipcases available to be used
in the calculation.
The window on the right shows a list of shipcases that have been
selected to be used in the calculation.
2. Select a shipcase to be used in the analysis.
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