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global table item creation

priyankasgoudar33 — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:13:27 GMT

[ FlexSim 20.0.10 ]

Hello I have a model where in source 1 I am creating two variant type parts. when part 1 that is var1 enters the processor. In both Queue2 and Queue3 part should be created following global table var1. and when var2 part enters in processor var2 global table should be followed to create item.

The item created in Queue should be pallet on part. for particular variant part particular item should be created.

variant.fsm

@Felix Möhlmann

Re: global table item creation

moehlmann_fe — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:31:36 GMT

As the item names and table names are equal, you can use the name to directly reference the table from which the data should be taken.

'Table(token.item.name)[row][col]'

I'm not sure what exactly you by 'particular item' that should be created, so in the attached model I just set the names of the created objects to the text in the tables.

If you want to actually create different flow item types, I would suggest to type in the rank of the respective item in the flow item bin into the table. This can then be read by the 'Create Objects' activity.

variant_fm.fsm

Re: global table item creation

priyankasgoudar33 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:13:59 GMT

Hi @Felix Möhlmann

If I have 20 Queue in my Model and 20 items(same process as above). Each buffer should be assigned to one particular item(Ex: P1_var1/P1_var2 should be assigned to Queue2 same as P2_var1/P2_var2 to Queue3 and so on). How can I do it

variant-fm.fsm

Re: global table item creation

moehlmann_fe — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 07:11:55 GMT

I'd add an extra column to the tables, storing the information which queue the items should be moved to.

In addition, you can use the process flow block that creates the items as a subflow. This subflow can then run as many times as there are rows in the table, automatically scaling with the table size.

variant-fm2.fsm

Re: global table item creation

priyankasgoudar33 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:02:16 GMT

@Felix Möhlmann is the table name related to code?

Re: global table item creation

moehlmann_fe — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:47:18 GMT

Yes, like I mentioned in the original answer. The items' names are used to refer to the table with the same name. (Item name is 'var1' -> read data from table 'var1')

Re: global table item creation

priyankasgoudar33 — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 03:54:03 GMT

@Felix Möhlmann how can I do the same model without process flow just with coding can you help with this.

Re: global table item creation

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 12:02:42 GMT

You need a loop and the commands createcopy and either moveobject or assign the '.up' attribute of the thing you want to move to the destination container.

eg:

item.up=newcontainer;

Re: global table item creation

kavika_faleumu — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:54:44 GMT

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