Remove all 3D-objects

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Skovdestudents asked Mar 17, '23 Skovdestudents commented Mar 22, '23

Remove all 3D-objects

Hello im trying to create a processflow that:

1. Simulation starts

2. Destroys all objects (queue, processor etc.)

3. Create objects from a table (solved)

But the first run or if some changes are made in the table I need this "destroy function" to find all objects in the model and return or destroy them all without referencing to a table, specific object or name.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

Kind regards

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.0.5

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Answer 1 · 2023-03-20T12:36:35Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Mar 20, '23 Skovdestudents commented Mar 22, '23

Table.query("DELETE  FROM Objects()")

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Skovdestudents commented · Mar 22, 2023 at 08:43 AM

Thanks a lot!

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Answer 2 · 2023-03-17T10:50:18Z

Joerg Vogel answered Mar 17, '23 Skovdestudents commented Mar 22, '23

I would build all object in a container. This can be a plane. Then I can destroy the content of the container node!

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Skovdestudents commented · Mar 20, 2023 at 10:51 AM

Good idea! We have an issue with creating the object in the plane though...

We create the plane as intended but...

We create a processor like this:

createinstance(library().find("?Processor"), model());

We have also tried: createinstance(library().find("?Processor"), model().find("Plane"));
and it does not work.

We have also tried the moveobject function but no luck either..

What function can we use to move it to the plane? and if possible also move it to a specific coordinate in the plane, rather than using Vec3?

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Felix Möhlmann Skovdestudents commented · Mar 20, 2023 at 11:14 AM

It's hard to know what is going wrong without access to the model.

Is the plane itself a subnode of another object? In that case you have to give the whole path or use the "?", like you do to find the processor in the library.

createinstance(..., model().find("ContainerObject/Plane");
createinstance(..., model().find("?Plane");

Once the object is inside the plane, you can use "object.setLocation" to change its location. This will use the coordinate system of its direct parent node, so in this case, the plane.

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Skovdestudents Felix Möhlmann commented · Mar 22, 2023 at 08:42 AM

This works to some extent for us but the problem is it doesnt seem to be able to find "?Plane" in the way we createinstance (Plane), and we also dont get it to work with looking up name from table such as: "?Table([x][y].. Thanks for the reply though, question is now answered but will upload the model for future questions in the forum.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Skovdestudents commented · Mar 20, 2023 at 12:34 PM

Object plane=Object.create("VisualTool");
Object.create("Processor").up=plane;

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Skovdestudents Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Mar 22, 2023 at 08:39 AM

This works like a charm! Huge thanks!

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