Different behavior with createcopy() and treenode.copy()

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Ville Teivastenaho asked Oct 23 2023 at 7:32 AM Ville Teivastenaho commented Oct 24 2023 at 5:30 AM

Different behavior with createcopy() and treenode.copy()

Hi!

I wanted to create FlowVessels with varying number of FlowTanks within them. I copied the original tank as many times as required and set all tanks to be full. When I then connected the tanks to a FlowSink and opened the flow, only the first tank was emptied properly.

When any of the copied tanks were connected, the statistics where showing that there were a flow from the tank to the sink, but within the 3D view the level indicator or stats shown there weren't updated. Also the onEmty trigger of the flowTank didn't trigger and the content on the statistics panel eventually get negative.

I first thought of adding breathes and opening and closing flows/ports after each step, but these didn's seem to help. Finally I checked a older model where I had similar logic, and noticed that in the old model I used createcopy() and in the new model treenode.copy().

Then I tried creatycopy() for the new model, and everything works smoothly. Is there difference between these methods that I'm missing or could this be some kind of bug? At least based on the documentation for the createcopy it says "This command is deprecated. Use treenode.copy() instead". So I assume they should be interchangeable.

Attached there is a really simplified model replicating the issue. With first vessel tanks created with createcopy(), and second ones with treenode.copy.Createcopy_example.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.2.1

FloWorks createcopy

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createcopy-example.fsm (41.5 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2023-10-23T14:00:53Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Oct 23 2023 at 2:00 PM Ville Teivastenaho commented Oct 24 2023 at 5:30 AM

From Phil's comment here:

"treenode.copy() automatically fires the OnCreate event unless you pass a flag to suppress it.

createcopy() does not. You have to call firecreateevent() yourself to execute the OnCreate event if you use createcopy()."

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Mischa Spelt commented · Oct 23 2023 at 3:00 PM

Thanks Jason! I took the liberty of converting your comment to an answer, as it answers Ville's question "Is there difference between these methods that I'm missing ".

To complete the answer: if you use treenode.copy to copy a FloWorks flow item, you should pass the flag COPY_FLAG_SUPPRESS_ON_CREATE to mimic the old createcopy behavior. We will investigate further on our side if we will want to make any change to FloWorks regarding this.

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Ville Teivastenaho Mischa Spelt commented · Oct 24 2023 at 5:30 AM

That starts to make much more sense now. I tried to search from the forum before posting, and even found that discussion, but somehow missed Phil's comment or didn't understand it's relevance to this case.

Thank you all!

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