topic Re: Pallet label in FlexSim Forum

Pallet label

priyankasgoudar33 — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:22:24 GMT

[ FlexSim 20.0.10 ]

Hi, I have a model where I want to show the pallet status whether it is empty or not by creating label.

once the box is present in pallet it should show full pallet. once box is removed it should show empty pallet status. How can I assign it.

pallet status.fsm

@Felix Möhlmann @Jason Lightfoot

Re: Pallet label

moehlmann_fe — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 06:00:04 GMT

For what purpose do you want to use the label? As I see it, if you have access to the label, you must also have access to the object itself, so why not just read the content directly whenever you need it?

Having a label seems unnecessarily complicated. Because I can't think of a general event that would indicate the last item leaving. To update the label you would have to check the content each time an item is removed from the pallet.

Re: Pallet label

Jeanette_Fullmer — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:47:34 GMT

Hello @mary,

You can add a label to the FlowItem. Then in the model you can add triggers that set the value to 1 for Full and 0 for empty at times you know the pallet is being filled and emptied.

Another way to access and see if the pallet has contents is

Pallet.subnodes.length

Pallet is the reference to the pallet

subnodes is the array what is contained in the pallet

length returns the length of the array which is also the number of items contained in the pallet

Re: Pallet label

priyankasgoudar33 — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 03:10:02 GMT

Hi @Jeanette F where shall i add the Pallet.subnodes.length in my model

Re: Pallet label

Jeanette_Fullmer — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 03:37:30 GMT

Currently, I would just use the first option of the label because I am not sure what you are wanting accomplish with the information.

The script I gave you was just in case you found that useful.

Re: Pallet label

priyankasgoudar33 — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 03:40:10 GMT

@Jeanette F Can you send a first option sample model.

Re: Pallet label

Jeanette_Fullmer — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:36:18 GMT

pallet-status_1.fsm

Re: Pallet label

andrew_o2 — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 18:22:12 GMT

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