Can't adjust quantity per slot in floor storage

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Patrick Cloutier asked Apr 26, '22 Phil BoBo edited Apr 26, '22

Can't adjust quantity per slot in floor storage

This should be very simple but I can't find the answer in the manual or in Answers. How can I specify the max number of items per slot in a floor storage?

No matter what I specify as quantities or dimensions in Edit Dimensions, the model aslways places 3 boxes per slot when I want just one.

This works in a rack but I can't make it work with floor storage.

See attached sample model.

Thanks,

LimitQtyPerSlot.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.1.1

floor storage

limitqtyperslot.fsm (46.5 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2022-04-26T17:39:48Z

Phil BoBo answered Apr 26, '22 Phil BoBo edited Apr 26, '22

Your Slot Assignment Strategy is "First Slot with Space" which has the "Slot Must Have Space" checkbox checked.

So the Floor Storage is limiting how many items can fit in each slot based on how much space is in the slot.

Since your floor storage Z size is 1.0, it can fit 3 of your 0.3 Z-sized items into each slot.

Change your floor storage Z size to a value between 0.3 and 0.6 if you want to only allow one of these items into each slot:

Alternatively, uncheck "Slot Must Have Space" and change the condition to check whether the slot is empty or not:

slot.slotItems.length == 0

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