topic Re: Rotate pallets stored in rack in FlexSim Forum

Rotate pallets stored in rack

lambert — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:14:04 GMT

[ FlexSim 22.1.0 ]

Hi,

I am storing pallets in a rack via robot. Is there a simple way to rotate the pallets? Right now they get stored longitudinally, which is visually weird.

Thank you!

Re: Rotate pallets stored in rack

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:13:18 GMT

Can you post your model? The answer can depend on what you've implemented and where.

Re: Rotate pallets stored in rack

iago_mf — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:30:48 GMT

Hi,

If you are using process flow, you can use the activity Change Visuals in order to rotate the pallet as you can see in the example i've attached.

Try to change Z rotation to see how it affects.

21.2 ExampleRotation.fsm

Re: Rotate pallets stored in rack

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 08:00:11 GMT

If you're testing if the slot has space then the changing of the visual needs to be before the FindSlot activity - and if you do that in your model you'll find that, correctly, none of the slots have space. This is why I asked to see the OP's implementation.

212-examplerotation_jl.fsm

Re: Rotate pallets stored in rack

iago_mf — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 08:54:10 GMT

Yes, that's true. Then we need to know how it's implemented to give a more correct solution, as you said.

Thanks, Jason.

Re: Rotate pallets stored in rack

Jeanette_Fullmer — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:42:34 GMT

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