Batch Item Into Subnode of Subnode Level

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Nicholas D asked Sep 21, '21 Ryan Clark commented Sep 23, '21

Batch Item Into Subnode of Subnode Level

Batching Question.fsmI am looking to combine a flow item into another flow items subnode of a subnode. I am looking to accomplish this without separating the existing batch and without the use of ProcessFlow. Is this possible to do? I've included an example model attached. In the example, I want the box packed into the cylinder, the cylinder packed into the sphere, then another box added to the cylinder (which is already packed into the sphere).

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FlexSim 21.1.5

combiner subnodes

batching-question.fsm (28.5 KiB)

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Ryan Clark commented · Sep 23, 2021 at 09:01 PM

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Answer 1 · 2021-09-22T10:35:20Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Sep 22, '21

When items enter into the combiner, they will always be put into the container object (except the container itself of course). You can move them into a different object with the "moveobject" command afterwards.

In the attached model I do this in the "On Setup Finish" trigger, but other triggers are of course also possible.

Code:

/**Custom Code*/
Object current = ownerobject(c); // The object the triggers happens on - combiner
Object item = param(1); // This is the container item

// As long as there is more than one object directly inside the container...
while(item.subnodes.length > 1)
{
    // ... move the second object inside the container into the first
    moveobject(item.subnodes[2], item.first);
}

batching-question_trigger.fsm

batching-question-trigger.fsm (28.7 KiB)

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