How to configure a "franken-rack" with the new storage object

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James Rodgers1 asked Oct 18, '19 James Rodgers1 commented Oct 18, '19

How to configure a "franken-rack" with the new storage object

Have a look at the picture below. As you can see from the CAD background the rack I am trying to create has a "tunnel" through it. The pink lines show where the tunnel is in the rack. Furthermore, beyond the tunnel, there is half a rack space, followed by three full ones and ending with a single. I have tried a number of things using the "Dimensions" tab but the closest I can come is to break this up into multiple racks. Any ideas? Is this even possible using a single rack? It seemed to me that in the previous rack, you could create a true "franken-rack" as I'm describing.

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FlexSim 19.2.2

racks rack storage

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Answer 1 · 2019-10-18T21:41:28Z

Phil BoBo answered Oct 18, '19 James Rodgers1 commented Oct 18, '19

There's no configuration in the old rack dimensions tab that you can't do with the new rack dimensions tab.

You can make your described "franken-rack" quite easily with the current Dimensions tab:

The fields at the bottom modify the selected slots. Click and drag in the image to select slots, like a table view.

What do you think you can't do?

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James Rodgers1 commented · Oct 18, 2019 at 10:12 PM

Believe me, I don't post a question unless I've spent a fair bit of time trying to figure something out on my own. I spent a lot of time on the Dimensions tab. I would select a bunch of slots, update the "Slots Per Bay" and "Slot" width, hit Apply and it wouldn't "take". Nothing would change. I would also X out some slots, deselect "Storable Slots" and then select the same ones, select "Storable Slots", apply "Apply" and the x's would remain. So bottom line is that I wasn't able to do this easily.

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James Rodgers1 commented · Oct 18, 2019 at 10:25 PM

Ok, I don't get it. I closed my session, opened a new one and now it works. Sheesh!

Sorry for the intrusion!

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