Is there a way to export the data for AStar Paths used?

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Cameron Pluim asked Sep 06 2016 at 9:18 PM Axel Kohonen commented Apr 07 2020 at 5:43 PM

Is there a way to export the data for AStar Paths used?

I'm trying to combine walking paths in AStar to get a better idea of which areas are more highly utilized. Is there a way to export this data?

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FlexSim 16.1.2

astar path data export

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-06T21:47:01Z

Matt Long answered Sep 06 2016 at 9:47 PM Axel Kohonen commented Mar 26 2018 at 4:14 AM

Unfortunately all of that data is stored internally to the A* Navigator, so there is no access to it.

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Axel Kohonen commented · Mar 23 2018 at 1:09 PM

Hi @Matt Long

Is it still so that one cannot access the data on the A*Navigator to check which areas are more utilized?

If so then one has to use network nodes to get this data from the model, which renders AStar sort of useless for logistics simulations which would be sad.

Thank you!

Axel

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Steven Hamoen Axel Kohonen commented · Mar 23 2018 at 3:27 PM

@Axel Kohonen

Hi Axel, I assume you know about the heatmap option? It is not the actual data but gives you a visual overview. If you really want to dig deeper, under the node "ExtraData" in the stats node of the A* object you will find information about every grid element in your A* area. It is not simple to get it out but it is there.

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Axel Kohonen Steven Hamoen commented · Mar 26 2018 at 4:14 AM

Hi @steven.hamoen

Thank you for the input!

Yes, I am familiar with the heat map, but generally we always need numerical data so that we can present it in some other way as well and not just with the heat map. The heat map is not very exact in how many traversals there are between certain points. And after getting the visual data from the heat map it would be nice to get e.g. the amount of traversals in certain areas.

Will see if I can manage to understand the Extra Data node then :)

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Answer 2 · 2020-04-07T01:24:26Z

Aditya S2 answered Apr 07 2020 at 1:24 AM Axel Kohonen commented Apr 07 2020 at 5:43 PM

hey @Axel Kohonen! Were you able to figure out a workaround for this? I have a similar problem I am facing with my model of the task executers travelling between racks and I want to get some numerical data for it. Thanks!

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