PDF Report

The PDF export produces a professional, print-ready load plan document. It is designed to hand off to loading teams, submit to customers as a delivery document, or file as a compliance record. All the information a warehouse team needs to load a container correctly — placement positions, sequence, weight balance, and lashing requirements — is organized into a clear, structured layout.

Generating a PDF

1. Open the load plan in the editor
2. Click Export in the top toolbar (or press Ctrl+E)
3. Select PDF Report
4. Configure options in the export dialog (see below)
5. Click Generate PDF

The PDF generates in the cloud and downloads to your browser automatically. Generation typically takes 5–20 seconds depending on plan complexity.

Detail Levels

The export dialog offers three detail levels for the PDF (this option applies to PDF only — Excel and CSV exports are unaffected):

The Step Cards appendix follows the loading sequence order (container → layer → step run). Very large plans are capped at 60 cards; if more step runs exist, the report says how many were not shown.

PDF Structure

Cover Page

The first page includes:

• LOP logo and your organization's logo (if uploaded in Settings → Organization)
• Plan name
• Export date
• "Prepared by" name (your name from your profile, or a custom name entered in the export dialog)
• Container type(s) and count
• Overall optimization score

Summary Page

Key statistics for the full shipment:

• Total number of items (counted in physical units, including units on pallets) and total weight
• Per-container summary: container type, space utilization %, total weight, payload utilization
• Optimization score breakdown: Space Utilization, Weight Balance, Stability, Handling Efficiency, Damage Risk
• Plan mode and solve time

The report uses a single utilization metric — the same Space Utilization figure shown in the editor viewport — consistently across the summary, the score breakdown, and each container's section header. The number you quote from the report matches what you saw on screen.

Container Sections (one per container)

For each container in the plan, the report includes:

3D Diagrams — three views of the container captured directly from the 3D viewport:

• Top view (looking down)
• Side view (looking from the right)
• 3D Perspective (real viewport screenshot)

During export, LOP captures actual screenshots from the 3D viewport by cycling through camera presets. A "Capturing views..." notification is shown while screenshots are being taken. Captures are framed to fit the container's bounds, rendered at print resolution, and taken without the floor grid, so the diagrams stay crisp on paper. Each view uses the current theme colors and item colors assigned in the editor. A color legend maps item colors to names. (The Compact detail level includes only the 3D Perspective view.)

Packing List Table — a table of the items in this container. Identical rows are grouped: units of the same item with the same dimensions, rotation, and placement context appear as one row with the quantity in the Qty column, instead of one row per physical unit. Units on pallets show a compact pallet reference (e.g. "Pallet ×3" with the pallet numbers), so a 200-carton container produces a readable one-page list.

Below the table, a rotation-code legend explains only the codes the plan actually uses. A rotation code spells out the item's own dimensions — L (Length), W (Width), H (Height) — in their order along the container's length, width, and height axes. For example, WLH means the item's width runs along the container's length. The Turkish report uses U (Uzunluk), G (Genişlik), Y (Yükseklik).

Loading Sequence — items ordered by the recommended physical loading sequence and grouped by layer: each vertical layer (Kat) of the load gets its own subheading in the step table, bottom layer first, and consecutive identical steps within a layer are merged into one row.

• Primary sort: back-to-front (items furthest from the door are loaded first)
• Secondary sort: bottom-to-top (items on the floor before items stacked above)

Layer Views — after the step table, the report draws a top-view diagram for each layer, bottom-up, with the step numbers marked on the footprints. Loading staff can work one layer at a time from its own overhead map. (Plans with an unusually large number of layers show the first 20 diagrams and note how many were omitted.)

Compliance Notes

A summary of all compliance items across the plan:

• Weight balance — the center of gravity is reported per container as the true deviation from the container's geometric center on each axis (lateral, longitudinal, vertical), with a verdict (Pass / Warning / Fail)
• Floor load — maximum floor pressure versus container rating
• Lashing requirements — items requiring tie-down straps, with positions and recommended lashing points
• Stacking warnings — items exceeding their crush strength threshold
• Hazmat separation — confirmation that all separation distances are met
• Void fill recommendations — gaps larger than 100 mm that may benefit from dunnage

Pallet Information

For plans that use pallets, the PDF includes additional pallet-specific content:

• Pallet items in packing list — items placed on pallets appear in the packing list with their names, dimensions, and weights, grouped under their pallet
• Pallet loading sequence — pallets appear as entries in the loading sequence with their total weight and combined dimensions
• Securing analysis — a compact table of securing requirements per pallet. Identical pallets (same computed securing spec) collapse into a single row ("Pallet ×N" with the pallet numbers) instead of repeating. Each distinct pallet type gets one annotated securing figure — a side-elevation schematic showing load height, strap positions, wrap layers, corner boards, and top sheet — plus a line summarizing the stability factors behind the recommendation

AI Insights

If the plan has an AI analysis (run from the right panel in the editor), the report includes a page with the AI analysis narrative and improvement suggestions from the plan's last analysis run. Plans without an analysis simply omit this page.

When exporting in Turkish, AI insights are automatically translated to Turkish before being included in the PDF. The insights are formatted as bullet points for easier reading.

Export Options

The export dialog lets you customize the generated PDF:

Organization Branding

Your company logo appears on the cover page if you have uploaded it in Settings → Organization → Company Logo. The logo is placed in the upper right of the cover page alongside the LOP logo.

Reports also show your organization name in the footer of every page.

Multi-Container Plans

For plans with multiple containers, each container has its own section in the report with its own diagrams, packing list, and compliance notes. The Summary page shows aggregate statistics for the full shipment as well as per-container breakdowns.

Each container's 3D screenshots show only that container — items and pallets from adjacent containers are hidden during capture, so there is no visual overlap between containers in the report.

Printing Recommendations

The PDF is formatted for A4 paper in portrait orientation. If you are printing on Letter size paper (US), your PDF viewer may automatically scale the document — this is normal and does not affect content.

For color printing, item colors help loading teams quickly identify different cargo types. The diagrams use the item colors assigned in the editor; if you plan to print in black and white, assign clearly contrasting item colors before exporting.