FinalPack vs VPack

FinalPack is an online tool for calculating box dielines and preparing packaging files for prepress and printing. It derives blank dimensions from a box's internal length, width, and height, its structure, and board thickness or grammage. Documented structures include pharma tuck-end, RSC, fast-food, six-corner, sleeve, and standard glue-flap boxes. A 3D preview shows open and closed forms before export. Production handoff can use separate vector layers for cutting, creasing, and perforation, with PDF and SVG output described for production workflows. The layers are intended for Illustrator, CorelDRAW, and lithography workflows. Prepress guidance covers CMYK, overprint, bleed, image resolution, and technical cut and crease layers. Die-maker guidance describes millimetre-based DXF/SVG for CNC, AutoCAD, Kongsberg, and laser cutters. The free Starter plan allows five basic models monthly and interactive 3D preview, but excludes PDF/DXF export and industrial rendering. Silver and Professional plans have listed amounts in toman; Enterprise includes printing-house CRM, MIS/ERP integration, a custom API, and on-site deployment, with no price listed.

VPack is ERPA Systeme GmbH’s 3D CAD/CAM software for designing product packaging, displays, folding boxes and related packaging. It links flat 2D dielines with folded 3D views in real time. A library contains 1,300 patterns for solid and corrugated board, including FEFCO, ECMA and PHARMA standards. Semi-automated construction and company-specific parameters support customized designs. Importing a product’s 3D model can generate a matching insert cross-section. Analysis covers material consumption, waste, line lengths and other production information. VPack exports interactive 3D PDF and HTML presentations with folding animation. It connects with common high-performance cutters for prototypes and digital short runs, and ERPA says it integrates with VKalk and EDB servers and can provide data to merchandise systems and online shops. Windows 10/11, Mac and Linux are listed; ERPA recommends a premium OpenGL Quadro graphics card for 3D. Pricing requires contacting ERPA.