Hello!

I'm pretty new to spreadsheets and to SketchUp. Please bear with me.

I'm planning to move. My goal is to measure, weigh and label every box as I fill it, enter each into a spreadsheet, then send that data to SketchUp to create representations on the screen of every box. (The boxes will be green on the screen if they are must-ship and orange if they are expendable.)

I plan to create a footprint in SketchUp of a shipping container, then fit each box onto that footprint -- filling the container virtually -- to determine the most efficient method of packing it.

Also, I'm hoping to keep track of the total weight in real time as each box is placed onto the container's footprint; some of the shipping services I'm considering have total weight restrictions.

(Google Sheets is the spreadsheet program I've been using, though I have a copy of Excel if that might work better.)

Does this project seem doable? I'd appreciate any suggestions.

Thank you!

Ed