How to calculate convey time/distance through "A" connection

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Valentin R asked Mar 22, '21 Jason Lightfoot edited Apr 2, '21

How to calculate convey time/distance through "A" connection

Dear reader,

I would like to calculate the time or distance a item has to take to go through a conveying network that contains some "A" connections (through exit transfer + entry transfer) between conveyors. This is needed to work with such things as the turn tables of this post : https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/21499/using-kinematics-to-rotate-a-conveyor.html
If I try to calculate a conveying time on a network which has some "A" connections, this calculation does stop without going through this connection thus giving only the time it takes up to the first "A" connection (entry transfer + exit transfer).V21.0.3_Bug1.fsmIs there a way to calculate it until its final destination ? In case of multiple connections, could it also work by looking through many possible output ports ?

Thank you in advance.

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FlexSim 21.0.3

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Mar 22, 2021 at 03:29 PM

Is this to find the quickest route between alternatives or to predice the time of arrival (or both)? I ask because if you know the (fixed) route then it might be easier, since you can pass an array of port numbers for each junctions and have a function read the estimated times. If you want to find the quickest route then the logic will need to recurse through the network of connections.

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Valentin R Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Mar 22, 2021 at 03:41 PM

It is to find the quickest route actually.

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Answer 1 · 2021-04-02T14:12:43Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Apr 2, '21

I've reported a possible bug in the estimateConveyTime static method of the Conveyor class - certainly it's enough of an issue to pause any example that we might make for you. It's good that you're using a supported version at least. If we have an update we will come back to this post.

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