Travel Path Spaghetti Diagram from A*?

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Karan asked Mar 21, '23 Karan commented Mar 28, '23

Travel Path Spaghetti Diagram from A*?

Hi all,

I am trying to find out if there is a way to highlight travel paths used by task executers (operators or transporter) when tied to an A* navigator.

I do know that A* has heatmaps, but instead of something that disappears when not used for travel, I am interested in something like a line that shows you the path that was taken.

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.0.2

astar heat map

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Answer 1 · 2023-03-21T22:22:46Z

Kavika F answered Mar 21, '23 Karan commented Mar 28, '23

Hey @Karan, you can go to the AStar Navigator Properties window > Visual tab and select "Show Allocations" to show the path/nodes the TaskExecuter will take. (You can also "Show Grid Nodes" to see all nodes in the AStar Navigator)

It looks something like this when it runs:

display_path_allocation.fsm

I'm not sure if there's an easy way to keep those allocations on screen though...

astar-node-allocation.gif (773.0 KiB)

display-path-allocation.fsm (34.0 KiB)

1679437087122.png (90.2 KiB)

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Karan commented · Mar 28, 2023 at 04:35 PM

Hi Kavika,

I see, this is certainly helpful for now. Would be awesome if there way a way to keep that walking path on screen!
I think the heatmap has the same "foot steps" on the grid but they stay on screen for longer.

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