Solved: Rack drawing change

wang_w2 · ‎06-02-2020

[ FlexSim 18.2.3 ]

hello everyone,

I want change the rack appearance ,remove the zigzag braces between two colounms,like graph below.

How could I acheive this ?

any suggestion would be appreciated. 29165-%E6%97%A0%E6%A0%87%E9%A2%98.jpg

braydn_t · ‎06-02-2020

@wang W2 I think the best you could do in this version of the software would be to go to the General tab for that rack, and change the 3D shape to Transparent Frame.

wang_w2 · ‎06-03-2020

Accord to your method,the whole rack structure will be half transparent,but I just want to remove the braces,the remain parts stay the same.Thank you anyway.

joerg_vogel · ‎06-03-2020

And what is then the problem to put a shape over the invisible rack structure, which meets your desires. You put this shape in another object, which you set a location to, that both the structure and the shape fit. You will design this rack shape on your own, in the animation creator in FlexSim or by code.

wang_w2 · ‎06-05-2020

thank you it is a good idea,I prefer to make some change of OpenGL code in the ondraw trigger, which could also acheive this,could you give me some idea?thank you

joerg_vogel · ‎06-06-2020

I have said something different. It isn’t done with some code. You build the complete frame by your code. It isn’t only one bar. This is a total new question in my opinion.

I prefer to build shapes in CAD programs and import them in FlexSim.

And all I did so far here, was a discussion and I didn’t give an answer, that I will elaborate now, because it is really some long lasting work. But yes, I can give you some ideas, please look for the keyword “mesh“ to build shapes by code here at this answers site and look into the command manual for additional commands. Good look for this task! Jörg

benjamin_w2 · ‎08-27-2020

Hi @wang.w2, do you still need help with this? Honestly, the easiest way to accomplish this is to upgrade to the newest version of Flexsim. It has a custom rack visualization creator that could accomplish what you are looking for.