Material placement in ipolog 5

Table of contents

• Movement of material / racks
• Moving a rack to a new material area
• Set distance between materials / racks
• Selection options for materials / racks
• Placing materials freely or overlapping

ipolog offers 5 different tools and options for the placement planning in your planning space.

Movement of material / racks

Materials and racks can be moved using drag & drop. To do this, select one or more materials and/or racks with a mouse click and move them to the location where you want to place them while holding down the left mouse button. Release the mouse button to place the material.

When moving racks, the right side panel also opens:

Here you can choose from three relocation options:

• The rack, including the material it contains, is moved
• Only the material is moved and placed directly on the material area
• The material from the original rack is placed on the new material area in a new rack (selected by you)

More on this in the next chapter "Moving a rack to a new material area".

The distances between selected elements are maintained exactly as they were originally placed:

In case of insufficient space on the material area, a message will appear. There you can decide whether you want to return the material to its original position or move it to the area retainer.

Moving a rack to a new material area

Several options appear when moving a rack to a new material area:

• “Move rack and material to new area”

  Selecting this option moves the racks and the materials they contain. The following additional option is available:

  • Keep rack instance in original location?

    Here you can decide whether you want to keep an empty rack instance on the old material area in place of the moved rack or not.

• “Only move boxes”

  Selecting this option opens up further options:

  • Select rack instance(s) to move boxes to

    Here, an existing rack from the new material area can be selected to place the materials from the old rack in. If some of the boxes already fill the rack, you can decide what to do with the remaining boxes.

  • Where should the remaining material be placed?

    Here you can choose whether the remaining material should remain in the original rack, be moved to the area retainer of the new material area, be placed on the floor of the original material area, or be placed on the floor of the new material area.

• “Add new rack(s) to new area and move material to this area”

  When this option is selected, the material is moved from the original rack to a new rack instance on the new material area.

  • Select rack(s)

    Select a suitable rack from the resource catalog to which the materials are to be moved.

  • Where should the remaining material be placed?

    Here you can choose whether the remaining material should remain in the original rack, be moved to the area retainer of the new material area, be placed on the floor of the original material area, or be placed on the floor of the new material area.

  • Keep shelf instance at original location?

    Here you can decide whether you want to keep an empty rack instance on the old material area in place of the moved rack or not.

Placement of material in racks

To place a material in the 2D-view on a rack, drag and drop it onto the desired rack:

If there is space on the selected rack, the material will be placed on a fitting shelf. If not, a message will appear. Here you can choose whether you want to keep the material where it is, move it to the new position, or add it to the area retainer:

It may also be the case that the material belongs to a larger box group within the provisioning requirements. In this case, the material is not moved either.

Set distance between materials / racks

To set a relative distance between racks and materials or between racks and between materials, use the “Position racks or containers relatively based on distance” option in the left menu bar.

First select the option in the left menu bar [1] and then select the edge of the material or rack that you want to position at a distance [2]. Finally, select the point from which you want to distance the first selected element [3]:

The distance input at the bottom of the 2D view now shows you the position of the first selected point relative to the second selected point. Here we can see that our containers on the right edge [2] are exactly 1 unit away horizontally from the left edge of the shelf [3] (x-value is 1).

In the distance input field, we can now specify our own values for the x and y values:

We increased the distance on the horizontal axis (x-axis) by 1 and we increased the distance on the vertical axis (y-axis) by 1. Measured from the upper right corner of the containers we selected, they have been moved down and to the left by one unit relative to the selected point on the rack.

This allows elements to be moved precisely in relation to each other.

Selection options for materials / racks

When you select a material or rack, advanced options appear above it. This allows you to rotate materials and racks [1] or pin them to their respective locations [2].

Use the “three dots” icon to select the option to move the material or rack to the Area Retainer.

Placing materials freely or overlapping

In ipolog 5, materials can also be placed outside the material areas and in overlapping positions. To do this, switch to the layout settings in the header bar:

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Here, under the sub-item “Movement of material,” you will find options for freely placing the material and allowing overlaps between materials:

Movement of material:

The options are disabled by default. Enabling Allow free placement of material allows elements to be placed outside the boundaries of material areas. Enabling Allow material overlaps, on the other hand, allows elements to be placed on top of each other in the 2D view.

Enable the “Show invalid placement” option in the display settings to highlight any collisions between elements in the 2D view.