current simulation time

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Osama A6 asked Jan 13 2022 at 8:43 PM Ryan Clark commented Jan 19 2022 at 4:54 PM

current simulation time

How to call current simulation time within flexsim script? I don't want to call it from the display.

time() seemed to call accumulated time.

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FlexSim 21.2.4

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Answer 1 · 2022-01-13T20:51:50Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Jan 13 2022 at 8:51 PM Ben Wilson commented Jan 13 2022 at 9:34 PM

You probably want datetime operator, properties and methods.

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Osama A6 commented · Jan 13 2022 at 8:55 PM

I want to measure the time spend on a custom object.

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Ben Wilson ♦♦ Osama A6 commented · Jan 13 2022 at 9:34 PM

Call time() onEntry and save the value to a label on the item.

Call time() again onExit. Subtract the entry time you saved on the label. Now you have the total time in the object.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Osama A6 commented · Jan 13 2022 at 9:22 PM

The time an item spends in an object? I don't see how anyone could get that from your question.

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Answer 2 · 2022-01-14T08:58:40Z

Joerg Vogel answered Jan 14 2022 at 8:58 AM

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/21.2/Reference/CodingInFlexSim/CommandReference/Commands.html#getentrytime

see example there

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