How to make random size&shape in source ? sometimes box, sphere, cylinder, etc

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jundi asked Sep 14, '23 Jeanette F commented Sep 20, '23

How to make random size&shape in source ? sometimes box, sphere, cylinder, etc

someone help me please

How to make the output size & shape in sorce sometimes box, sphere, cylinder, etc?.

and then all items will sorted by operators base on colour. Is it possible for FlexSim to represent an operator performing sorting?

please help me

Conveyor Sorting Simulation.fsm

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FlexSim 22.2.0

source flow items operators assignment

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conveyor-sorting-simulation.fsm (65.9 KiB)

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Sep 20, 2023 at 04:46 PM

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Answer 1 · 2023-09-14T21:06:33Z

Jeanette F answered Sep 14, '23

Hello @jundi,

You can set the object shape using

setobjectshapeindex(item, shapeIndex);

You would use a distribution to set the shapeIndex.

You can also use a distributions to define the x, y, and z dimensions and set it with

setsize(item, x, y, z);

conveyor-sorting-simulation_2.fsm

conveyor-sorting-simulation-2.fsm (66.3 KiB)

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