How do I edit the Model Tree to move a subordinate Object up the hierarchy?

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Jason Merschat asked Nov 17, '16 Matt Long edited Nov 18, '16

How do I edit the Model Tree to move a subordinate Object up the hierarchy?

I added Processors over a Plane in the Model View and it placed them "inside" or under the hierarchy for that plane. Now when I build dashboards, the name is very long as it contains the hierarchy path. How can I move these objects to the proper level in the hierarchy? I tried to copy and paste, then delete the old object, and also delete the plane. Neither worked.

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FlexSim 16.2.2

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Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ commented · Nov 18, 2016 at 03:34 PM

Copying and pasting should work just fine, as long as you're not copying the plane and the object inside it.

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-18T08:43:48Z

Joerg Vogel answered Nov 18, '16 Jason Merschat commented Nov 18, '16

You can use the command moveobject but the object and container reference have to be set with the node command. To get the reference you can use the Sampler (eye droper) inside the tree.

node("Level1/Level2/Level3/Processor2",model())

is equal to

node("Level1/1/1/1",model())

Please look in the manual for the commands nodetomodelpath or nodetopath to get the paths to an object in the tree.

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Jason Merschat commented · Nov 18, 2016 at 02:47 PM

I can't seem to get it all the way up to the "root" level of model().

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Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ Jason Merschat commented · Nov 18, 2016 at 03:38 PM

Use model as the second parameter in the moveobject command:

treenode myObject = node("Level1/Level2/Level3/Processor2",model()); 
moveobject(myObject, model());

You can also use the Edit Selected Objects tool to move selected objects into another highlighted object or into the model.

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Jason Merschat Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ commented · Nov 18, 2016 at 04:36 PM

Awesome! Thanks.

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Answer 2 · 2016-11-18T17:48:21Z

Matt Long answered Nov 18, '16 Matt Long edited Nov 18, '16

Edit Selected Objects (found in the View menu) lets you move objects around both in the 3D view and in the tree.

Ctrl or Shift click objects to Select them (red box). The highlighted object is shown in a yellow box.

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