StackBuilder

What StackBuilder is

StackBuilder is a Windows software tool for planning how articles fit into cases, boxes are arranged on pallets, and pallets are loaded into trucks. It supports homogeneous packing and palletizing analyses for boxes, cylinders, and bundles, with heterogeneous analyses available in beta. Users can add pallet interlayers, gaps, corners, films, and labels to represent packaging components. The free account includes Excel mass calculations, limited to the first 5 rows. Premium adds manual box positioning, horizontal cylinder palletization and truck loading, half- and quarter-pallet analyses, and searches for suitable box groupings and stacks. It can also produce packing, palletizing, and truck-loading reports in formats that include DOC, ODT, and HTML, export to palletizing robots through XML or CSV files, and save items in a database shared between users. TreeDiM describes StackBuilder as a logistics optimization module and says it integrates with its Picador and PLM Pack software for packaging-system design. Its stated stacking scope is homogeneous problems involving one item; it does not make solutions that turn items to fill remaining space. StackBuilder runs on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 PCs. Mac use through a Windows emulator is possible but not guaranteed by TreeDiM.

Who it suits

StackBuilder suits logistics teams planning packaging, palletizing, and truck loading, especially those working with boxes, cylinders, or bundles. Premium may fit teams that need robot exports, reports, shared item data, or analyses beyond the free account’s Excel calculation allowance.

Limits

The free account’s Excel mass calculation processes only the first 5 rows and has no Premium features listed. StackBuilder addresses homogeneous stacking involving one item and does not create solutions using turned items to fill remaining space.

Getting started

1. Open the StackBuilder website.
2. Create a free account or choose a Premium subscription.
3. Use a 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 PC to run the software.
4. For Premium functions, select a subscription covering one or five users and a one-, two-, or three-year term.

Verdict

Choose StackBuilder for packaging and palletization workflows that need box, pallet, or truck-loading analysis, with Premium adding reporting, robot export, and shared database functions. Look elsewhere if your workflow needs solutions that turn items to use leftover space, or if you need guaranteed Mac operation.