Modeling real-life fill-up in boxes

[JeremyTok]

Hello all,

how does one find out how many pieces of a part will fit into a box without actually trying it?

There are 3D nesting tools out there that OPTIMIZE the packaging of irregular parts in boxes. What I need though is something that simulates REAL-LIFE packaging of irregular parts. By packaging I mean simply throwing the parts into steel-mesh bins.

The parts are modelled in Catia V5. They're mostly weldments. What I need is: For a particular bin, how many of that part will fit if the parts are placed into the bin randomly?

 

[solid7]

I don't know how to tell you to get the "best case" scenario, but that seems to be quite a complex analytic, at any rate. I don't know that I've ever heard of something that manipulates solid geometry based on probability.

I'm not a mathematician - but if your part is anything other than spherical, it sounds like your variations would be infinitely variable, and thus, altogether incalculable.

Why, if I might ask, would you need to derive the volume of a steel mesh bin? For me, I think of parts bins in a factory, but I notice that your tag is agricultural. (I assume that means farm equipment or grain processing) Could you elaborate?




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[JeremyTok]

I do not need the "best case" fill rate. I need "as in life" fill rate. The parts in question are components of combine harvesters, tractors, etc. I need the real fill rate to put into SAP as part of our Kanban system.