How can I simulate cargo ship unload random amount of cargo?

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xzlee asked Sep 20, '23 shaheera-bedir answered Dec 20, '23

How can I simulate cargo ship unload random amount of cargo?

I am a new learner of flexsim. I have read the official tutorials and tries to create my first project: simulate a dock.

I have made the first step: create a ship as a custom flowitem, make it travel to the dock, delay some time, then leave the dock, and finally destory the object.

Now I am trying to simulate the next step: assume that each ship has some random goods to unload at the port at the beginning, and when it reaches the dock, it will unload the goods one by one (assume the good to be a box item), and after unloading all the goods, the ship will leave.

I tried creating random number of goods when ship docks, and make a loop to simulate the unloading, but I failed. Can anyone please help me with this? Thank you so much for you all.

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FlexSim 22.2.0

unloading port operation

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Answer 1 · 2023-09-20T08:42:40Z

Paula LG answered Sep 20, '23 xzlee commented Sep 20, '23

Hi,

I have added the creation of a random number of boxes inside the ship (between 5 and 10 items) and a sub flow that loads/unloads them using the crane. However, the crane is defined as an AGV object, so it acts like that. Changing it for a crane object should fix that, without having to modify the activities.

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I hope it helps!

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xzlee commented · Sep 20, 2023 at 09:55 AM

Thank you very much. It really helps me greatly. Perhaps later I would like to find how to create a quayside crane that can move along the quayside but works as a crane, but your answer has solved my problem. It is very kind of you.

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Answer 2 · 2023-12-20T08:00:40Z

shaheera-bedir answered Dec 20, '23

I want to make a simulation as you, could you help me how did you draw this ship or how can i find it?

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