How can I connect two arbitrary points with a column?

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Mark S3 asked Sep 26, '22 Felix Möhlmann answered Sep 26, '22

How can I connect two arbitrary points with a column?

I have the coordinates of four points, and those four points could be anywhere.

I can use the "drawline" function to draw lines between points.

However, I don't know how to use the "drawcolumn" function to properly join points with a column?

I look forward to your help. Thank you in advance。

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FlexSim 22.1.2

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Answer 1 · 2022-09-26T06:39:54Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Sep 26, '22

Starting with the code that Jason provided in his comment here. All that needs to be added is to translate the coordinate system so that the starting point of the column coincides with the coordinate origin. Otherwise, rotating the coordinate system to have the column point in the correct direction would move the starting point.

Then, since you are drawing multiple shapes, the transformations have to be reversed before the next shape is drawn

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