How to assign a large number of locations to a target area in the model all at once?

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Alireza Hashemloo asked Dec 04 2016 at 4:58 AM Jacob Gillespie commented May 09 2017 at 3:57 PM

How to assign a large number of locations to a target area in the model all at once?

Hello,

Using Flexsim Healthcare, I need to assign all locations in a given area to a different area in the model. I am aware of the "Copy from Highlighted" menu allowing for copying a particular variable such as the area name from a highlighted object to a group of selected objects. However, it is not easy to find and select a large number of locations (unless they are grouped) in the model to use the "Copy from Highlighted" menu.

I was wondering if there is a script that can find all locations that are under a given area name and assigned them to another existing area in the model.

Please let me know if further description is required.Thank you,

Alireza

Software Version:

FlexSim HC 5.1.0

location area large numbers areaname

Answer 1 · 2016-12-05T17:35:53Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Dec 05 2016 at 5:35 PM Jacob Gillespie commented May 09 2017 at 3:57 PM

You can run this script:

string curArea = "ComputerTableArea";
string newArea = "BedArea";
 
for(int i = 1; i <= content(model()); i++)
{
	treenode obj = rank(model(), i);	
	if(getvarstr(obj, "AreaName") == curArea)
	{
		applicationcommand("createGlobalAreaPointer", obj, curArea, newArea);
		UpdateReferences(curArea, newArea);
		TransferSingleAreaConnections(obj, newArea);
	}
}

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Alireza Hashemloo commented · Dec 08 2016 at 7:51 PM

@Matthew Gillespie Thank you! I have tested the script and worked with no issues.

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Tiffany Pecson commented · May 09 2017 at 3:47 PM

@Matthew Gillespie I have this same question, need to change the BedArea names of multiple beds. Where do I go to run this script?

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Jacob Gillespie ♦ Tiffany Pecson commented · May 09 2017 at 3:57 PM

@Tiffany Pecson Go to Debug → Script Console

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Tiffany Pecson Tiffany Pecson commented · May 09 2017 at 3:53 PM

Oops nevermind, figured it out, I went to Debug > Script Console, copied and pasted, hit execute and it worked!

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Answer 2 · 2016-12-04T07:01:38Z

Joerg Vogel answered Dec 04 2016 at 7:01 AM Alireza Hashemloo commented Dec 08 2016 at 7:52 PM

You can adapt the method of Tom David to suit your quest. Once you have selected the objects under the area, maybe in a script console, you place them as a group and use the group as you like.

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