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transport times

tryout transport.fsmhi, can anyone help me.

i want to set up a transporter that takes a specific time to load and unload and a specific time to travel from a to b. i can set specific times to load and unload but i can only alter the speed for the travel, i cannot find an option to make it so that the transporter takes f.e. 40 minutes each time it has to travel a->b.

if that is fixed i would also like the transporter to return to location a each time it has finished unloading at B regardless of anything.

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@Kylian K Because FlexSim is on scale you can measure the distance, divide it by the time and use that as a speed. If you want to do it more accurate you could use a path network and on the transporter switch off the option: Travel offsets for load or unload tasks and then the transporter drives exactly between the nodes. And there are even functions to query the distance between nodes.

To return to a location add the onresourceavailable trigger to the transporter and select one of the options there. For instance travel to a home location.

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@Steven Hamoen thank you for your reply, the problem with that is that i have a very complicated yard layout. so i think i should use the option of the nodes than so that it travels a set path each time. where can i find the function to calculate distance between nodes? edit-the problem is fixed thank you

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@Kylian K the function is getnetworkdistance (). Please look it up in the manual.

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