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Hi,

I was thinking that if i use MaxVolume and i have height, width and length specified for all my products that the plugin would figure out how many products can fit in a specific box, so that if someone orders two things they can fit into one type of package but if they order lets say five things that will be too big in total so it moves to the next box size.

When i try to use MaxVolume i cant get it to work like this. It seems like it only looks at the volume of one single item no matter how many of them you add? Or if im just doing something wrong, how do write the rule to make it work like i want to? Can you give me some pointers?

What i have now is just (in grams and millimeters):
Name=Small package; Weight<=235; MaxLength<=170; MaxWidth<=130; MinHeight<=35; MaxVolume<=773500; Shipping=23.20;

Thanks for a good plugin.

Yes, you are right, MaxVolume is the maximum volume of each of the products, not including the quantity. Like MaxLength, it is intended for checks whether the order can be packaged into given boxes / transported on given cars. E.g. if a van can only transport items of length < 2m, then if MaxLength>2 you know that you cannot use a van for the transport, but need e.g. a truck. Similarly, if your boxes can only contain 1m^3, you cannot ship items with volume >1m^3 in these boxes.

From your description it sounds like you are actually looking for TotalVolume (the sum of all volumes of all articles in the cart, counted with their quantity). Notice, however, that this is really the volume for the whole order, not for each product separately.

Reinhold