Optimizer Settings
Click on the main Settings tab, or press F7 .
Click on the Optimizer Settings tab (if not already selected).
Optimization time per Container
The Optimizer Settings determine how long an optimization run should maximally take:
Maximum run time - the number of seconds allowed for the loading of one Container (so a setting of 15 seconds to load four Containers can lead to a run of one minute). A good value is 15 seconds on a modern PC.
Maximum number of non-improving iterations - a setting that tells the solver how many more iterations to spend searching for an improved loading. For loading cases with a low number of units, a value of 500 or 1000 iterations is recommended, for slow optimization runs, 50 iterations is a good value.
Estimating number of Containers
Utilization percentage for estimates - on the Load Setup window, Cube-IQ can show how many Containers of the currently selected type would minimally be required. (Use the right-click pop-up menu of the Container Type grid.) The calculation uses this setting as estimate for utilization.