Change a flow item to a different flow item (in processor or process flow)

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Abhay Bajpai asked May 30, '24 Jeanette F commented Jun 10, '24

Change a flow item to a different flow item (in processor or process flow)

Cabinet Assembly Simulation_14_autosave_5.fsm

Every token created, has a label called "CabinetType_ForToken". It just represents what type of cabinet it is (pantry or base or overhead).

I have also designed some cabinets and uploaded them in the Flow Item Bin.

I would like for the Process Flow or Processor to reference the label "CabinetType_ForToken" of the token and convert the visual into one of the Flowitem Bin circled above. I tried using "Change Visual" in Process Flow but it only allows 'by case' for changing colors not the entire flowitem altogether.

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FlexSim 24.0.2

change visual

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Jun 10 at 05:33 PM

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Answer 1 · 2024-05-31T07:10:20Z

Paula LG answered May 31, '24 Felix Möhlmann commented May 31, '24

Hi,

In order to change the flow item shape you need to use a Custom Code activity and select Visual → Change 3D Shape.

However, it has no predefined option to choose the destination shape conditionally, so you'll have to edit the code manually and add as many if clauses as values your label can have. Let me know if you need help doing that.

I hope it helps!

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Felix Möhlmann commented · May 31 at 07:14 AM

You could also define the different visualizations as shape frames on a single flow item and switch between them with the "Change Shape Frame" option in the "Change Visuals" activity.

There you'd just have to edit the code so it uses a token label as the shape name instead of a fixed value.

{ //************* PickOption Start *************\\
Object object = token.item;
string framename = token.CabinetType_ForToken;
if (framename == "Base Frame" || framename == "0") {
    setframe(object, 0);
} else {
    if (stringtonum(framename) > 0)
        setframe(object, stringtonum(framename));
    else
        setframe(object, framename);
}
} //******* PickOption End *******\\

In both cases you will have to update the size of the item as well. It might be best to keep a global table with the correct dimensions for the different cabinet types for this purpose.

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