Set a chest on a specific place on the conveyor

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Maksim B asked Jul 23 2020 at 12:43 PM Ben Wilson commented Aug 31 2020 at 10:04 PM

Set a chest on a specific place on the conveyor

How can I set a chest on a specific place on the conveyor? I mean the operator comes to the conveyor with the box and I would like him to put it on the conveyor at x = 5. I wrote something like this:

treenode adres = token.MergeAdres;

Object adresitem = adres.last;

adresitem.location.x = 5;

but it still sets the chest at the beginning of the conveyor. How can i fix this?

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.0.7

conveyor flexsim 20.0.7 specific place chest

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Answer 1 · 2020-07-23T14:00:31Z

Matt Long answered Jul 23 2020 at 2:00 PM tannerp commented Jul 24 2020 at 3:05 PM

The operator drops the item based upon the location of the entry transfer. If your entry transfer is at the beginning of the conveyor he will drop it there.

You can move the entry transfer to the side to move that entry point.

In quick properties you'll see a field for Distance Along Conveyor that you can set to 5.

Additionally, you can use the red arrows on the sides of the entry transfer to create a range for the entry. The operator will choose the closest location along that transfer to drop the item off at.

Hope this helps!

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Maksim B commented · Jul 23 2020 at 6:30 PM

Thank you for the answer, but is there a way to manipulate this by a code?

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tannerp Maksim B commented · Jul 23 2020 at 6:43 PM

@maksim.b,

You can use the spatial variables to adjust the size of the transfers.

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Matt Long tannerp commented · Jul 23 2020 at 7:56 PM

That doesn't work because the Conveyor's build their layout when you hit reset. So changing values in the tree won't affect the actual running data.

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Matt Long Maksim B commented · Jul 23 2020 at 8:06 PM

If you extend the entry transfer along the length of the conveyor as explained above, you can use a custom task sequence to move the operator to conveyor at the point you want the item to be dropped. Then when you use the unload task, the operator will drop it where he's at.

Here's an example model that shows the Operator dropping in a different location each time. ConveyorDrop.fsm

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conveyordrop.fsm (49.0 KiB)

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