Why Does a Scripted Conveyor Differ from a Manually Created Conveyor in FlexSim?

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Daniel asked Jan 7, '25 Jeanette F commented yesterday

Why Does a Scripted Conveyor Differ from a Manually Created Conveyor in FlexSim?

I am using the following code to create a conveyor in FlexSim:

treenode conveyorNode = node("/project/library/fixedresources/Conveyor");
newObj = createinstance(conveyorNode, model());

However, the conveyor created using this script looks different from the one created manually (as shown in the attached image). Specifically, the one created manually allows adding elements like Decision Points or Stations, while the scripted version does not.

Could anyone explain why this discrepancy exists? Is there an additional step or property initialization required to make the scripted conveyor fully functional and identical to the manually created one?

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FlexSim 24.2.1

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · yesterday

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Answer 1 · 2025-01-07T09:00:23Z

Joerg Vogel answered Jan 7, '25 Joerg Vogel commented Jan 12, '25

You have created a legacy conveyor. As you see in its path it is a Fixed Resource.

Conveyors of the conveyor module have got a different path.

"MAIN:/project/library/conveyor/Conveyor"

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Daniel commented · Jan 10 at 07:16 AM

Excuse me,I had change the path that you provide, but the conveyor dosen't show on it. How can I fix it? Thank you so much.

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Joerg Vogel Daniel commented · Jan 10 at 10:11 AM

Object.create a static Method

Object newConveyor = Object.create("Conveyor::StraightConveyor");

Path:

"MAIN:/project/library/conveyor/StraightConveyor"

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Daniel Joerg Vogel commented · Jan 12 at 03:47 AM

Thank you for answering my previous question. I appreciate your help! I have a follow-up question: I tried to add a station to the conveyor using the following Flexscript code:

treenode stationTempNode = node("/project/library/conveyor/Station"); 
treenode stationNode = createinstance(stationTempNode, newObj);

However, the station does not successfully attach to the conveyor. How should I modify my Flexscript code to make it work properly? Thank you again for your assistance!

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