A freight dimensioner can supply the physical dimensions—and often weight and ID—that feed dimensional-weight and audit workflows.
Actual weight vs volumetric weight
Air and express services often compare the physical scale weight with a volume-based weight. The larger figure is commonly used as the billing basis, subject to the service's own divisor, rounding, minimums and piece-level rules.
Why the divisor matters
A divisor of 5,000 produces a higher volumetric weight than 6,000 for the same carton. ShipMeasure provides common planning defaults but keeps the divisor editable because the figure applying to a shipment can vary by carrier, service, lane and commercial agreement.
Sea LCL uses a different W/M idea
For the LCL mode, the tool compares total cubic metres with total metric tonnes and returns the larger number of revenue tonnes before any minimum or forwarder-specific rule. Use the rate field only as a planning estimate.
Multiple packages matter
Different carton sizes should be entered as separate rows. This avoids pretending that one average carton accurately represents a mixed shipment, and it lets you see the combined CBM and physical weight.