topic Re: Positioning items inside a bay in FlexSim Forum

Positioning items inside a bay

julio_r — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:30:36 GMT

I need to position the items in a rack like in every space there was a queue instead of the default line like way. I have done it by putting a queue in every space of the rack, but I want to do it without the queues.

Re: Positioning items inside a bay

jeff_nordgren — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:08:09 GMT

@Julio R

Can you send us your model or a sample model so that we can see exactly what you are trying to accomplish?

Thanks.

Re: Positioning items inside a bay

julio_r — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:29:51 GMT

In the next GIF I show the normal positioning of the boxes in a normal rack next to the positioning I want.

racks.gif

I made it by creating an array of queues on top of a rack (in this case only used for graphic), but I want to do it with a Rack and no Queues. I don´t want to modify the label or bay selected, but the placement of the boxes in every bay.

Thank you,

Re: Positioning items inside a bay

mischa_spelt — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:18:14 GMT

Yes, a "stacking strategy" like the queue has would make the rack so much more usable!

Re: Positioning items inside a bay

joerg_vogel_HsH — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:04:45 GMT

There are some node or event functions that are responsible for the automated stacking. How can we prevent them to get executed when the content changes? Then we can start setting our own stacking strategies for the content in the cells.

The second workaround is the use of one pallet in each cell instead of the queue.