How can I dynamically update Slide text?

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Aaron C asked Jul 10, '20 tannerp commented Jul 28, '20

How can I dynamically update Slide text?

I have a few employees in my model, each represented by a single token travelling through their own flow of work. I have Operators linked to the tokens in the 3D Scene, with a Slide object over each operator. I want to update the text on the Slide to be the name of the activity that their associated token is in. Is it possible to link the text in a billboard to a token's activity like that?

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FlexSim 19.0.9

flexsim 19.0.9 token activity dynamic text slide

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tannerp commented · Jul 28, 2020 at 05:09 PM

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Answer 1 · 2020-07-13T22:43:42Z

tannerp answered Jul 13, '20 tannerp commented Jul 13, '20

@aaron.c,

I wasn't sure exactly what you are envisioning. It would help if you attached a model. That said, I came up with a quick example that uses both Text and Billboard objects to display an operator's current state. You could access this string through the operator object itself or indirectly through the token that represents the operator. Hopefully this concept helps, though!

update billboard text.fsm

billboard-with-states.png (89.8 KiB)

update-billboard-text.fsm (38.6 KiB)

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tannerp commented · Jul 13, 2020 at 10:52 PM

@aaron.c, I just re-read your question and I think I missed the mark a little bit. Try this updated model where I was referencing the Process Flow activity of a token rather than the current activity/state of the operator. My apologies for the mix-up. Let me know what feedback you have.

update billboard text_1.fsm

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operator-slide.png (69.1 KiB)

update-billboard-text-1.fsm (42.4 KiB)

tannerp commented · Jul 13, 2020 at 11:00 PM

And here's the model in 19.0. Sorry, I also didn't notice the version you were using.

update billboard text 19-0.fsm

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update-billboard-text-19-0.fsm (32.4 KiB)

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