Unable to find slot in rack created by script

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wl86 asked Nov 28, '23 Joerg Vogel edited Dec 6, '23

Unable to find slot in rack created by script

For some reason I am having trouble finding slots on racks that I've created by a script.

To illustrate, I've attached a model with two racks: one created using a script, and one created manually with identical properties. The only difference is that the "scripted" one has zoneID = 'A', whereas the manually created rack has zoneID = 'B', to distinguish the two when testing the slot finding query.

The model also contains two sample scripts: one to illustrate how I create a rack via script, the other is used to test finding slots on the two racks. Running the latter shows that finding a slot works for the manually created rack, and that it doesn't for the script rack.

Is this a bug? Am I missing something? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Find Slot.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.0.16

find slot copy rack

find-slot.fsm (41.1 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2023-11-28T16:41:32Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Nov 28, '23 wl86 commented Nov 29, '23

For your chosen sequence of create and copy commands you need to call OnCreate of the copied rack:

function_s(copyRack,"OnCreate");

And then reset the model.

Why can't you use the rack you create with createinstance() ?

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wl86 commented · Nov 29, 2023 at 08:20 AM

Thank you Jason, that worked like a charm. And related to your question, there was no special reason to use createcopy, that was just a brain fart from my side.

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Answer 2 · 2023-12-05T16:07:26Z

Clair A answered Dec 5, '23 wl86 commented Dec 5, '23

@wl86 one of our users called us today for tech support with a very similar question.

Here is a small model to illustrate the bad and the good method to copy racks: createcopy Rack.fsm

Execute the 1st script:

createcopy(Model.find("Rack1"), model());

It creates a new rack, but this rack is not added to the storage system:

So any slot of this new rack will not be found in the storage system.

Test the 2nd script:

Model.find("Rack1").copy();

It creates a new rack, AND this rack is added to the storage system. By default, the copy() method fires the OnCreate event of the rack. Apparently the createcopy command does not fire this event.

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createcopy-rack.fsm (35.6 KiB)

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wl86 commented · Dec 05, 2023 at 04:38 PM

Thanks Clair, the additional explanation is appreciated.

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