Push Flowitems within Flowitem to List

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Sven E2 asked Jun 11, '18 Sven E2 commented Jun 11, '18

Push Flowitems within Flowitem to List

Hi,

I have a problem with my model. But I guess there is a smart solution I didn´t got so far. I want to push a flowitem (Box) inside another flowitem (tote) to a global list. What is the right push value to do this? For better understanding see the model I had attached.

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FlexSim 18.0.3

global list flowitems flowitems inside flowitems

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tannerp commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 04:05 PM

@Sven E2

If I understand correctly, you'd like to push the boxes and tote to a list as one unit.

I would recommend trying to push the flowitem that is carrying the other flowitems. In this case, the tote is carrying the boxes, so try pushing the value of the tote to the global list. If this works how I think it should, the boxes should move with the tote when the tote is referenced.

Let us know if this helps or if you have further questions.

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Sven E2 tannerp commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 04:15 PM

It isn´t working in this way. I can push the tote. But after this there is just one entry on the list. I want to query a label from the boxes when I pull the items from the list. Is there another way without separate the boxes and the tote?

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Isaac Litster commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 04:15 PM

I'm not sure if I am understanding you correctly, but have you tried setting a label on exit for the Combiner_ComponentTwoInTote? This would create a label on the combined item. Is it after that combiner that you would like to push to a global list?

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Sven E2 Isaac Litster commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 04:20 PM

I want to push the boxes when the tote (including the boxes) enters the BufferAssembly1 and BufferAssembly2. But for each buffer a separate global list.

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-11T16:20:42Z

tannerp answered Jun 11, '18 Sven E2 commented Jun 11, '18

Okay, I understand your inquiry better. I'm trying to find the best solution. The following might be helpful.

If you'd only like to send an individual box from a tote to a list (in this example, I did it as if referencing the boxes in the totes on the BufferAssembly), reference the first box in the tote using the following code:

model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[1]<br>

You can then reference the second box with this (and so on):

model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[2]

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tannerp commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 04:22 PM

This is where you could reference the above.

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Sven E2 tannerp commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 04:49 PM

pushtolisttoassemble-1.fsm

I tried it. It works well for the first box. But for the next it isn´t working.

// Attempt 1
return model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[1];
return model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[2];
return model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[3];
return model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[4];
// Attempt 2
return model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[1]
&&model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[2]
&&model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[3]
&&model().find("BufferAssembly1").subnodes[1].as(Object).subnodes[4];

It works when I insert several push to list activity's as long as max. 3 boxes inside the tote.

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tannerp Sven E2 commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 04:56 PM

Glad it worked - at least partially. So because each box needs to be separately pushed to the list, I think it will be necessary for you to have multiple push and pull activities for each stage of process flow, just like what you've done. This will give you a chance to go in and update the logic for each one if anything you're modeling ever changes.

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Sven E2 commented · Jun 11, 2018 at 07:15 PM

@Tanner P

I´m glad, too. Now the model looks a bit messy (see the figure). In my real model I will have several assembly stations and the content of the tote varies from 1 to 12. If you get a smarter solution pleas let me know. But for now I´m happy, Thanks.

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