Change Visual Not Working

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Mason W asked Jul 9, '18 Regan Blackett answered Jul 9, '18

Change Visual Not Working

Hi all,

In the attached Sample Model I'm trying to get the box to move relative to the work station involved...i.e place the box on top of the work station when it arrives. The change visual activity in my process flow doesn't seem to be working for some reason though. I may have missed something simple.

I'm looking for any help on this issue. I'm using version 18.0.3

Thanks!

sample-model.fsm

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FlexSim (other - please specify)

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FlexSim 18.0.5

change visual

sample-model.fsm (487.1 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T18:29:47Z

Regan Blackett answered Jul 9, '18

Set your work station Queues to "Do nothing" on visual Placement

Also, personally I wouldn't choose the option you did on the change visual, I think the simplier "Set Location" Would be good enough. When you move the item inside an object the coordinate placement automatically becomes relative to the container. The option you have is more for if one object needs to be placed relative to another that it isn't inside of. Something like this maybe:

queuedonothing.png (27.0 KiB)

changevisual.png (19.0 KiB)

Answer 2 · 2018-07-09T18:27:38Z

Logan Gold answered Jul 9, '18

The workstations in your model are Queues and Queues use their own draw code to determine where flowitems need to be placed when they arrive. The Change Visual code is being overwritten by this default draw code.

Fortunately, you can change how Queues handle flowitem placement and one of the options is to do nothing. When you double-click on a Queue and open its properties, the option is called Item Placement and can be found in the Queue tab under the Visual section. Use the dropdown to select "Do Nothing" and your Change Visual code will work. You will need to make this change for all the workstations in the model.

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