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Features

Everything between a layer pattern and a running machine

The strengths in the order that matters on the machine: robot moves first, then the layer, the data, the station and daily work

Robot move designer: numbered robot moves on a pallet layer

The robot sequence, computed

Automatic move planning

Cases gripped together, collision-free gripper position, approach from 8 directions and placing order, for every layer

Several start corners tried, the best result kept

Manual mode

Drag a frame over the cases; the program offers only gripper positions that are free of collisions

For special cases and customer rules

Batch

All layers of a customer or a project computed in one run, each saved beside its layer

Summary table: moves, groups, difficulty

Depalletizing

Every computed layer also gets its depalletizing drawing, in reverse order

Palletizing and depalletizing from one design

The fullest layer, stable on the pallet

Auto fill

Up to six layouts with the most cases, simplest first; proven optimal ones are marked, and the search for a better one goes on in the background

Layer A/B

The interlocking second layer, turned or mirrored, with the interlock and the weakest support shown as figures

Labels outward

Turns the cases so their labels face the outside of the pallet

Overhang control

Per layer and per station: a case beyond the allowed overhang turns green, and only valid cases are saved

Keep layout

When the case size changes, the layer keeps its pattern for the new size: same outline, compact, same gaps or a new auto fill

Live colors

Brown is placed correctly, red is a collision, green is outside the pallet. Only valid cases are saved

From pallet to machine data

Pallet designer

Stack computed layers, alternate odd and even layers, fill the pallet up to the station's limit in one click

Slip sheets

With thickness and type number: above one layer, above every layer or every N layers

3D view

Orbit and zoom the pallet; save or copy the picture for the offer

Station limits bar

Height, layers, unique layers, cases and weight, colored by how close each is to its limit

Siemens package

Data block for TIA Portal and pallet data for the WinCC Unified panel, carrying the same values

Open data

JSON with documentation and CSV for every controller and robot; other formats on request

PDF sheets

Pallet, layers, robot moves and mix, for the offer, the customer's sign-off and the acceptance

Production orders

Input and output frames, checked against the station: mixed types, dimensions, case counts, obstacles

Checked against the real station

Station obstacles

Walls, pillars and machine parts drawn on the pallet plan; the gripper stays clear of them

PLC array limits

Layers, moves, cases, unique layers, types and name lengths: an exported recipe always fits the PLC

Several station files

One file per gripper or machine; every tab shows which station settings are in force

Plant server

One installation in the plant network, used from the browser; a file open on one workstation is read-only on the others

Plant edition

The plant's people design layers, pallets and orders; the station settings stay the integrator's

Files of the previous generation

LayerConfigurator files open without conversion: layers, pallets, mixes, station settings and orders

Made for daily use

Return to your work

After a restart every tab comes back with its file and its unsaved changes

Keyboard

Ctrl+O, Ctrl+N, Ctrl+S and full keyboard control, as well as the mouse and touch

Built-in manual

F1 opens the manual at the chapter of the current tab; dark theme, light theme or the system's

Where it runs

Workstation
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
Plant server
one installation in the plant network, used from the browser on any computer: Windows, macOS, Linux, tablet
Linux (Docker)
on request
Languages
interface, built-in manual and PDF sheets in English and Polish; further languages on request

Every feature, 14 days, your data

The trial is the full integrator edition: every designer and every export to the machine