TOPS Pro Tutorial - TOPS - Packaging Software

General Overview
Before you start using TOPS Pro, let's get acquainted with the primary
features and functions of TOPS Pro, as listed below:
Control Panel: The primary window in the system that allows you to
select the type of analysis you want to perform, the stages to be used in
the analysis, and the dimensions of each stage.
Menu Bar: Provides a number of pull-down menus that allow you to
perform common tasks such as setting print parameters, changing
languages and defining stages in an analysis.
Windows Toolbar: Contains a number of icons that allow you to
perform standard, commonly used functions.
Template Toolbar: Contains a number of buttons that give you easy
access to analysis templates set up in the system.
Button-Style Menus: Allow you to set up a Package Design
Sequence, in which you select the various stages to be used in an
analysis.
Package Design Sequence Area: The area on the screen in which
you define a series of stages that comprise an analysis. For example,
you might set up a sequence in which you analyze how to best load
shipcases onto a pallet.
Shortcut Buttons: Allow you to view solution panels for an analysis
record or calculate solutions for an analysis.
Let's discuss these features in more detail.
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