How to acquire operator & Cart to transfer item?

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Ankur A3 asked Apr 03 2023 at 11:52 AM Jeanette F commented Apr 07 2023 at 1:47 AM

How to acquire operator & Cart to transfer item?

Hi Team,

I have to transfer material from one place to other place using hand cart. Currenly, I am only using the operator since there is no option for operator with hand cart.

I have imported hand cart graphics. How can we combine it with operator to use for hand cart run by operator? I think it can be done by combiner object but then we have to separate it while unloading.

What is the best way to do it?

Thank you!

03.04.23_Acquire_Operator_Cart.fsm

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FlexSim 23.0.0

operator item transfer cart

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Answer 1 · 2023-04-03T14:03:23Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Apr 03 2023 at 2:03 PM Ankur A3 commented Apr 03 2023 at 5:05 PM

If the throughput statistic of the operator is not important I would simply move the cart into the operator, so it moves with them. For improved visual fidelity you can use the "PushCart" animation while the operator is using the cart.

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Ankur A3 commented · Apr 03 2023 at 3:40 PM

Hi @Felix Möhlmann,

Thank you for your response. I was looking for same.

Can you explain more about the animation part. How did you arrive on number 36? If I am putting same number in my model, it is not working and throwing an error.

Thank you!

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Felix Möhlmann Ankur A3 commented · Apr 03 2023 at 3:56 PM

You can see all animations in the animations/visuals window.

You can also look up the rank of the respective node in the tree to get the number directly. (Shown in the properties on the right)

Though its weird that you are getting an error. I chose that number in the model you uploaded (version 21.1) and I also don't think that the number of animations has reduced in newer versions.

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Ankur A3 Felix Möhlmann commented · Apr 03 2023 at 5:05 PM

Thank you! @Felix Möhlmann
I got it.

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