Rotating a "person" task executer visual

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Anna Kamphaus asked Sep 20, '24 Logan Gold commented Sep 26, '24

Rotating a "person" task executer visual

I wanted to make a model where I could create task executors in code. It wasn't obvious for me how to do so I used some of the new (to me) people activities. Then changed the 3D visual file to be objects more relevant to my model, I replaced the girl "person" flow item with a dump truck and the staff with a loader. This works well except for one issue with the "person" moving in the model.

I can't seem to control the direction the people(trucks) are facing. I have tried rotating this within the flow item and using a change visual activity but neither have the effect I want.

Can someone recommend another way I can change it so these appear to travel facing forward?

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FlexSim 24.0.2

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Logan Gold ♦♦ commented · Sep 26 at 06:28 PM

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Answer 1 · 2024-09-23T08:04:26Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Sep 23, '24

The main reason to use "Create Person" is to also automatically create a token in an Object Process Flow that is linked to the created task executer flow item.

Creating a task executer flow item and assigning it to a label on the token is just as easily done with the "Create Objects" activity.

If you want to create custom objects, I would recommend to add and customize them in the Flow Item Bin, rather than after creation.

After you apply a custom shape, make sure that it is oriented correctly relative to the coordinate system of the object. The 'forward' direction is the positive direction along the x-axis (red).

If the imported shape is pointing in the wrong direction, set the "Shape Factors" under "More Visuals" to correct this.

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