Is there any way to attach(see) flowitem's label value on itself?

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Shi Y2 asked Jun 7, '17 Shi Y2 commented Jun 12, '17

Is there any way to attach(see) flowitem's label value on itself?

I am new to Flexsim. I used to use Simio to build simulation models. It has a nice feature which can allow you visualize flowitem's attribute by attaching a label to itself. So if there are many types of flowitem, I don't need to set different colors to distinguish them but just by looking at the small label attached to the flowitem. I am curious if there is anyway that Flexsim can show attributes of flowitems without opening its properties.

Thank you so much!

Shi

Software Version:

FlexSim 17.1.2

flowitem lables

Answer 1 · 2017-06-12T13:24:32Z

Sam Stubbs answered Jun 12, '17 Shi Y2 commented Jun 12, '17

The labels are just variables, usually with a string or number as the value, but sometimes with a reference to another object as its value. If you want to always view a flowitem's label without having to click on it, you'll have to store the label's value elsewhere. For example you could have a text object that retrieves the value of a label, converts it to a string and displays it.

Here is a simple example:

labeltotext.fsm

Another option would be to have some logic that assigns the value of the label to a global table, that you could have open to view.

labeltotext.fsm (18.8 KiB)

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Shi Y2 commented · Jun 12, 2017 at 02:56 PM

Hi Sam, thank you so much for the answer! I just opened the example you attached but it seems nothing there.

But I think I get your point. I created a text object. In the "text display" I can not select flowitem's label. It only allows me to select objects' label. So I guess I have to set a label in an object that the flowitem go through and transfer the value of flowitem's label to the object's label. Please advise. Than you so much!

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