I need to model the traffic flow of the whole plant at a high level, where "loads" arrive and need to be transported (by vehicle or operator), and there are also people moving to and from breaks, lunch, end of shift etc.
The production areas are on two floors, with elevators and stairs linking them. It is a large plant and could have 2000+ people and TEs moving at the same time.
I would like to use AStar navigation but I have read on this site that it is difficult to use it for multiple floors. Maybe I could create a layout drawing that shows both floors side by side? But then how do I deal with linking the elevators and stairs so that the people and vehicles can "jump" from one part of the drawing to the other floor?
Thanks for any suggestions.