Changing the location of 3dObject created by createInstance

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Ryosuke S asked Nov 23, '20 Matthew Gillespie answered Nov 23, '20

Changing the location of 3dObject created by createInstance

After creating object with createInstance, I want change its location. But I seem to fail. In the past answers, it say to use setloc(), but it is deprecated now, and I don't know what to use as replacement to that API. What api should I use? My code looks like below

    string lib_name = "?" + strObj;    
    obj_3d = createinstance(library().find(lib_name),model());
    obj_3d.name = strObjName;
    
    double loc_x = tb[i][3];
    double loc_y = tb[i][4];
    double loc_z = tb[i][5];
    
    Vec3 vec = [loc_x, loc_y, loc_z];
    
    obj_3d.location = vec;

I also tried setLocation() but that didn't work either...

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.1.3

flexsim 20.1.3 flexscript createinstance

Answer 1 · 2020-11-23T04:48:48Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Nov 23, '20

I'm not sure what the problem is with your code snippet because several of the variables aren't defined, so I assume you haven't posted the full code. The biggest potential problem is that obj_3d needs to be declared as an Object type.

Here's a code snippet that works:

string class = "Processor";
Object obj = createinstance(library().find("?" + class), model());
obj.location = Vec3(5, 5, 0);

Or here's another one using the setLocation() method:

string class = "Processor";
Object obj = createinstance(library().find("?" + class), model());
obj.setLocation(5, 5, 0);

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