How to capture view in code ?

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Patrick Cloutier asked Oct 24 2018 at 2:01 PM Dirk Boumans commented Dec 01 2021 at 8:45 AM

How to capture view in code ?

Hello, I'm trying to capture model views as the model is running.

I put this code in a User Event:

viewtofile(node("VIEW:/active/ortho"),modeldir() + "CapturedView1.bmp");

pt("captured");

The word captured appears in the output console but no file is created anywhere. I searched the entire computer for a file named as I did and there is none.

What am I doing wrong?

Software Version:

FlexSim 18.2.2

capture view

Answer 1 · 2018-10-24T17:03:12Z

Phil BoBo answered Oct 24 2018 at 5:03 PM Dirk Boumans commented Dec 01 2021 at 8:45 AM

node("VIEW:/active/ortho") probably is NULL. You need a correct path to the view you want to capture.

Try using activedocumentnode() instead.

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Patrick Cloutier commented · Oct 24 2018 at 6:18 PM

Thanks ! That works!

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Dirk Boumans commented · Nov 30 2021 at 4:05 PM

Hi this thread helps me in the right direction to capture a view during a simulation run. However I want to capture a specific predefined view and I can't get the correct reference to this view. How to do this?

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Patrick Cloutier Dirk Boumans commented · Nov 30 2021 at 4:20 PM

Model.find("Tools/PerspViews/View 1")

Replace View 1 with the name of your view.

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Dirk Boumans Patrick Cloutier commented · Nov 30 2021 at 6:04 PM

Hi Patrick thanks for your answer, I've tried that but it doesn't seem to work. I've uploaded a test model which represents the logic I would like to use. I use process flow to trigger the capture event. When I put in activedocumentnode() instead of Model.find("Tools/PerspViews/Test") it does work.

testmodel.fsm

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