No Processor animation with PF

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Marvin P asked Nov 10, '21 Jordan Johnson commented Nov 10, '21

No Processor animation with PF

Hello,

i have not worked with FlexSim for a while, now i have one simple Question. Why the processors 2,3, 4 are not animated when I control the model with the process flow?10.11.2021.fsm

Thanks for your support.

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FlexSim 21.0.5

processflow processor animation

10112021.fsm (33.7 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2021-11-10T15:09:54Z

Ralf Gruber answered Nov 10, '21 Jordan Johnson commented Nov 10, '21

Hello Marvin,

I do not know the exact specifics but OnProcessFinish is not the last event executed in the processors event sequence. If you change your Wait for Events to listen to SendToPort instead you got your animations back on the following processors.

@Jordan Johnson Could you please chime in and explain the technical background on why the animations are not happening on all but the first processors?

Thx

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Marvin P commented · Nov 10, 2021 at 03:15 PM

Thank you!

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Jordan Johnson ♦♦ commented · Nov 10, 2021 at 05:07 PM

With most (probably all) triggers, it isn't safe to move the item immediately. When you use a Wait for Event, the token executes its logic before the Processor has finished executing its logic. So, if you are moving the item, you need to add a Delay activity with zero time between the Wait for Event and Move Object activities. A zero-time delay allows the Processor's logic to totally finish.

ZeroDelayDemo.fsm

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zerodelaydemo.fsm (36.4 KiB)

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