TOPS Pro Tutorial - TOPS - Packaging Software

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Control Panel When you login to the system, the Control Panel appears, as pictured below. The Control Panel contains all the primary features of the system: Menu Bar, Windows Toolbar, Template Toolbar, Package Design Sequence Area, Button-Style Menus and Shortcut Buttons. Menu Bar Package Design Sequence Area Windows Toolbar Template Toolbar Button-Style Menus Shortcut Buttons The Control Panel is the primary panel in the system. It is the working area from which you will select the type of analysis you want to perform, select the stages to be used in the analysis and define the dimensions of each stage. 4 TOPS User Guide Supplement and Tutorial
Menu Bar The Menu Bar, pictured below, provides a number of drop-down menus. These menus provide options that allow you to perform common tasks, many of which are duplicated on the Button Bar and Shortcut Buttons. The list below gives a brief description of the eight menus on the Menu Bar: File Menu: Allows you to create new records, open existing records, save records and set up print parameters. Edit Menu: Allows you to copy text and images to the Windows clipboard, as well as work with secondary pallet patterns. View Menu: Allows you to view graphic images in a number of formats: 3-D, front, side, split screen, quad screen and others. Define Menu: Allows you to define parameters for new products, cartons, shipcases, pallets, vehicles, etc. Tools Menu: Allows you to revise your TOPS Pro configuration, the language used in TOPS Pro (TOPS Pro is used worldwide), stacking strength parameters, color selections, etc. Export Menu: Allows you to export different types of graphic files (.bmp, .tiff, .jpeg), analyses, product reports, etc. Supervisor Menu: Allows you to perform supervisor functions such as login/logout tasks, access approval and denial, template setup, etc. Help Menu: Allows you to display Help information for all features and functions in the system. TOPS Pro Tutorial 5
Page 1: TOPS ® Pro Tutorial Package Design
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Page 8 and 9: Windows Toolbar The Windows Toolbar
Page 10 and 11: The Windows Toolbar provides a dire
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Page 14 and 15: Step 1: Define the Package Design S
Page 16 and 17: Step 4: Define Shipcase Parameters
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Page 20 and 21: Solution List Pane: This pane, at t
Page 22 and 23: 1. Click on the appropriate icon in
Page 24 and 25: 3. Select a template from the Templ
Page 26 and 27: Step 1: Define the Package Design S
Page 28 and 29: Case: Use the default (New). Style
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Page 32 and 33: Step 6: Define Truck Parameters To
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Page 38 and 39: Packer Solution List: This pane, in
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Page 42 and 43: When you’ve moved the markers, th
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Notice a couple of things about the
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Shipcase Solution List: This pane,
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Exercise #4: Design the Output From
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The Show Additional Notes fields al
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4. Drag the text fields so that the
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The Publisher dialog box is organiz
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Exercise #6: New CASY Features The
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New Shape Function - Match Bottom T
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New Shape Function - Pinch Bottom T
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3. Use the following fields to defi
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2. To load the item onto the pallet
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5. To begin adding the next item on
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Notice the following features on th
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Step 2: Create New Packages. Look a
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Note: To change the orientation of
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Right-click to display a small menu
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