Container Types Dialog
- Last UpdatedDec 17, 2025
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Container Types Dialog.
This dialog allows you to setup different container types. For each one, you specify:
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A Type to simply help identification.
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Long Sep, the longitudinal separation between containers of this type (units: millimeters or feet/1000).
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Trans Sep, the transverse separation between containers of this type (units: millimeters or feet/1000).
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Vert Sep, the vertical separation between containers of this type (units: millimeters or feet/1000).
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The Length of the container (units: meters or feet).
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The Width of the container (units: meters or feet).
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The Height of the container (units: meters or feet).
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Wt Empty, the empty weight of the container (units: tonnes or tons).
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VCG Empty, the VCG of an empty container measured from its base, expressed as a percentage value of the height (no units).
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Wt Full, the maximum laden weight of the container (units: tonnes or tons).
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VCG Full, the vcg of a loaded container measured from its base, expressed as a percentage value of the height (no units).
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The Colour to display the container type in graphics windows, selected from the drop down list.
Calc is supplied with 15 specific container types (9 ISO and 6 Special) as defaults.