How to assign a large number of locations to a target area in the model all at once?

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Alireza Hashemloo asked Dec 4, '16 Jacob Gillespie commented May 9, '17

How to assign a large number of locations to a target area in the model all at once?

Hello,

Using Flexsim Healthcare, I need to assign all locations in a given area to a different area in the model. I am aware of the "Copy from Highlighted" menu allowing for copying a particular variable such as the area name from a highlighted object to a group of selected objects. However, it is not easy to find and select a large number of locations (unless they are grouped) in the model to use the "Copy from Highlighted" menu.

I was wondering if there is a script that can find all locations that are under a given area name and assigned them to another existing area in the model.

Please let me know if further description is required.Thank you,

Alireza

Software Version:

FlexSim HC 5.1.0

location area large numbers areaname

Answer 1 · 2016-12-05T17:35:53Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Dec 5, '16 Jacob Gillespie commented May 9, '17

You can run this script:

string curArea = "ComputerTableArea";
string newArea = "BedArea";

for(int i = 1; i <= content(model()); i++)
{
	treenode obj = rank(model(), i);	
	if(getvarstr(obj, "AreaName") == curArea)
	{
		applicationcommand("createGlobalAreaPointer", obj, curArea, newArea);
		UpdateReferences(curArea, newArea);
		TransferSingleAreaConnections(obj, newArea);
	}
}

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Alireza Hashemloo commented · Dec 08, 2016 at 07:51 PM

@Matthew Gillespie Thank you! I have tested the script and worked with no issues.

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Tiffany Pecson commented · May 09, 2017 at 03:47 PM

@Matthew Gillespie I have this same question, need to change the BedArea names of multiple beds. Where do I go to run this script?

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Jacob Gillespie ♦ Tiffany Pecson commented · May 09, 2017 at 03:57 PM

@Tiffany Pecson Go to Debug → Script Console

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Tiffany Pecson Tiffany Pecson commented · May 09, 2017 at 03:53 PM

Oops nevermind, figured it out, I went to Debug > Script Console, copied and pasted, hit execute and it worked!

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Answer 2 · 2016-12-04T07:01:38Z

Joerg Vogel answered Dec 4, '16 Alireza Hashemloo commented Dec 8, '16

You can adapt the method of Tom David to suit your quest. Once you have selected the objects under the area, maybe in a script console, you place them as a group and use the group as you like.

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Alireza Hashemloo commented · Dec 08, 2016 at 07:52 PM

@Jörg Vogel Thanks for the reference.

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