How can I program an Operator to travel with a BasicFR without using a ProcessFlow?
Operator goes to a Rack and place Box on a BasicFR and then travel with the BasicFR + Box, then arrive to a Processor and Take the Box to start the process in the Processor, the take the BasicFR again to the Rack to load material (Box) again?
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You could define your own task sequence and dispatch it to the operator. The "Use Transport" option can be used for this. Instead of returning the object that transports the item, you build and dispatch the task sequence in custom code.
The necessary commands can be found in the manual.
Attached is an example model where this method is used.
Note: Rather than use the "BasicFR1" directly I create a copy in the reset trigger of Queue3. This is done, because if you reset the model while the BasicFR is currently carried by the operator it will get deleted. In the trigger I check whether the previous object still exists by looking at the label of the rack that should contain a reference to it. If not, a copy is created and assigned to the label.
The label is used so I can get a reference to the object when building the task sequence regardless of where it currently is in the model.
Thanks that's just what I was looking for, you know which will be the way of visually see that the BasicFR1 is being pushed and not elevated, like the box(BasicFR) is at floor level and the operators just "push" in Z Axis = 0, and not lifting?
You can adjust the location of the item "inside" in the operator with the "Set Location" option in the "On Load" trigger. You will probably have to try around a bit until you find the correct coordinates.
You can change the animation the operator uses when moving with an object. "Push", "Push2", "PushCart" and "PushWheelchair" might be suitable to have the operator push an object along.
But in the first model, where the BasicFR is like the the Material Car, how can this be solved? Because with the previous code this is what happen
Also the Box that should be on top of BasicFR but is also down, could place the box on top of the BasicFR and then push it?
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