How can I set a state in FlexSim?

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Gabriel illescas Cavazos asked Feb 10, '17 Ben Wilson commented Feb 13, '17

How can I set a state in FlexSim?

Please share an example.

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FlexSim 16.1.2

states

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Gabriel illescas Cavazos commented · Feb 11, 2017 at 07:26 PM

doesnt work, I use this command if(variable1==1)

{

setstate(current,4);

}

and doesnt work I dont know why

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Sebastian Hemmann Gabriel illescas Cavazos commented · Feb 13, 2017 at 07:21 AM

Could you please give more Information about where and when and why you try to set the state? As Matt explained maybe the state is set but directly overwriten by a Standard setting of the object.

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-10T14:36:02Z

Sam Stubbs answered Feb 10, '17 Matt Long commented Feb 10, '17

If you just wish to set the state of an object you can just call the setstate() command:

setstate(object,stateNum);

If you look in the setstate() entry in the Command Help, it also gives a list of all the state numbers and their corresponding macro name too.

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Matt Long commented · Feb 10, 2017 at 04:29 PM

Be aware that objects set their own states, so depending on when you set the state, it may or may not stay that way.

If you're dealing with TaskExecuters you can use a Utilize or Delay task and assign a state to that task which will continue until the task is finished.

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