Help in an Advance option for Separator

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Saud A2 asked Apr 2, '21 Joerg Vogel commented Apr 3, '21

Help in an Advance option for Separator

I have created 3 different sources, each labeled by numbers from 1 to 3, each have a different target quantity before the Combiner starts to operate:

My issue lies in when I need to unpack the item in the separator, I only know how to use the Round Robin method, is there any way to unpack and send each individual item to its rightful path?

The result of using the round-robin method made the items get separated randomly. For context, the target quantity for each item is 1 handler, 140 steel, and 3 wheels, and each has its own unique shape.

Software Version:

FlexSim 19.0.0

flexsim 19.0.0 custom combiner custom seperator combine by quantity seperator by specific source

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Answer 1 · 2021-04-03T06:44:39Z

Joerg Vogel answered Apr 3, '21 Joerg Vogel commented Apr 3, '21

You need an attribute to distinguish between the different types, typically a number label. On Flow tab of the separator you can set a Send To property Port By Case. There you evaluate the label and set the output port number the item must be sent to.

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Saud A2 commented · Apr 03, 2021 at 12:34 PM

I managed to label the sources by numbers from 1 to 4, and i labeled the queue object that would receive the items from the separator also by numbers from 1 to 4 :

so if im correct, in the port section, numbering them like how i did means it will be sent to the ports respectivley from above from 1 to 4, what i cant figure out what i should type in the case setup and the case function.

This is how i did the labeling also:

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Joerg Vogel Saud A2 commented · Apr 03, 2021 at 02:30 PM

Ok, perhaps you understand it better by a video.

Send to port by label.

getlabelnum(item,“port“) is now item.port

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Joerg Vogel Saud A2 commented · Apr 03, 2021 at 02:40 PM

I recommend strongly you do some more tutorials, because there are only some topics you need to understand fully to build successfully models:

connections and edges,
labels at flowitems, tokens and objects,
send to port,
port numbering or their ranks, have you got right.

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Saud A2 Joerg Vogel commented · Apr 03, 2021 at 03:25 PM

ill try to understand the video because I tried searching for videos that may be relevant to mine just could not find any, even this video is kind of not the type of "send to port" i need, in this video the source randomly assign items for value 1 or 2, and the belt sends items to either first or second belt, if I understood it correctly, in my case, the number label assigned should be singular item no either of two, and color option is not needed, and for the separator, while unpacking, I can use the same option which sends my expression?

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