We have situations do to rack configurations and building obstructions that some bays are not simple rectangular shapes. Does FlexSim support the creation of rack slots that are irregular shaped spaces like this?...
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For bays yes, for slots it depends on if you write a stacking algorithm yourself to change locations.
You can also use multiple racks and set the address space to reflect the bay and level numbers so that queries seem to consider them as one unit.
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Joerg, if I am understanding you correctly, I could model it from the side perspective and then rotate it. This is intriguing. This obviously affects picking from the front and item placement. Will investigate.
Jason, due to our varying bay/level configurations and how items are spanned across adjacent racks, I found it easier to model our warehouse where each bay is a rack in itself with 1 slot. Therefore, I am not using an address scheme other than find rack = rackname and/or hasSpace. My racks actually use the wireframe visualization and the 'racks' are simply there for visual purposes. Here is a pic...
It would great if FlexSim could ultimately support any defined space as bay with one slot. Varying y-axis heights, curved space (round bins), etc.
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"It would great if FlexSim could ultimately support any defined space as bay with one slot. Varying y-axis heights, curved space (round bins), etc."
If you want that sort of flexibility, don't use an object at all. Just push each location's vector (XYZ position) to a list, then push and pull those locations from the list to allocate/deallocate that space. When allocating one of those spaces, set the item's location directly in 3D space to the pulled location vector.
If you want something that abstract, just write the logic yourself. FlexSim is flexible.
How would you even envision what the inputs are for "ultimately support any defined space as bay with one slot"? You could do that right now by putting 1 queue object with a capacity of 1 at each space where you want a bay. What kind of UI would you expect the software to provide for such an abstract "any defined space"?
What I was trying to convey was the ability to have FlexSim's functions such as hasSpace and its stacking algorithm work within a custom, multi-capacity space's boundaries. That space could be the boundary of an externally created object and could be an irregularly shaped box, cylinder, etc. I realize the complexities involved. Didn't mean to offend.
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