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3D sand printing machine 2

This is a continuation of the topic I posted earlier: https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/117328/3d-sand-printing-machine.html

Let's say this machine has two beds like the picture: https://all3dp.com/2/sand-3d-printer-what-is-it/

Basically, the machine can only utilize one bed at a time. I want the machine to work as 2 processors that share the set-up time with the animation. So when it's got the order, we need a set-up time, where one of the two beds starts going inside the machine and consume the set-up time. Then the processing time is used to make the bed going outside the bed to extract the flowitem. If the processors get an order, instead of waiting for the first bed to finish. The second bed starts its set-up time immediately and consumes the set-up time by filling the second bed. The second bed then goes outside the machine to exhaust its process time. The cycle continues as the processor gets an order.

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This sounds like you just need to animate the drawers seperately as two objects without the machine as part of the shape. Have the drawers pull orders from a list and acquire the printer before they can start their setup.

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