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Hi!
Im using you plugin to calculate the shipping prices like this:

Name=4-5 days [0-3Kg]; weight<3000; Shipping=17.8
Name=4-5 days [3-5Kg]; 3000<=weight<5000; Shipping=19.3
Name=4-5 days [5-10Kg]; 5000<=weight<10000; Shipping=28.1
Comment=Paises EU 1; Shipping=NoShipping

i have several of this, with different prices, and countries.
This is only based on weight. But actually, my shipping company charges me based on weight or volume, depending which one is grater.
To calculate de "volumetric weight" we have to: length*height*width/5000
So if i have a product that is 20*20*20cm, and weight 1kg. I will be charged for 1.6kg
20*20*20/5000=1.6 this is the volumetric weight.

How should i modify my rules?
I have to be careful to use the correct units, as my products dimensions are in milimeters, and the weight in grams.

PS:
By the way, if the plugin evaluates each row and applies only the first one that is true can I remove the left comparison on "weight" like this?

Name=4-5 days [0-3Kg]; weight<3000; Shipping=17.8
Name=4-5 days [3-5Kg]; weight<5000; Shipping=19.3
Name=4-5 days [5-10Kg]; weight<10000; Shipping=28.1
Comment=Paises EU 1; Shipping=NoShipping

Thanks!

Ive made this rule, that i think it should work, but as i am on the free version i cant test:

Name=4-5 days [0-3Kg]; weight<3000; Volume/5000<3000; Shipping=17.8
Name=4-5 days [3-5Kg]; weight<5000; Volume/5000<5000; Shipping=19.3
Name=4-5 days [5-10Kg]; weight<10000; Volume/5000<10000; Shipping=28.1
Comment=Paises EU 1; Shipping=NoShipping

Can you confirm this will charge depending on weight or volumetric weight?
If it works i will buy the plugin :)
Thanks!

Dear Marttyn,
The volumetric weight (also known as dimensional weight) is not directly available in the plugin. The biggest issue is that the total volume of all products is not necessarily the total volume of the package. In general, the volume of the package is quite a bit larger than the sum of the volumes of the individual products.
Clearly, the volume of your packages depends on the actual box dimensions that you use for shiping, and also on the way you personally put the products into the packaging boxes. So, there is not way for the shipping plugin to determine the actual dimensions of the package.

If you still want to calculate the volumetric weight from the products' volumes, then your approach looks correct to me.
However, to keep things easier to understand and maintain, I would define two variables with the volumetric weight and the weight that is used to calculate the shipping. See the following forum post:
open-tools.net/forum/shipping-by-rules-p...nal-weight.html#5185

Best regards,
Reinhold