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Numbering of custom objects from user library

kjunwoo — Fri, 12 May 2023 09:02:43 GMT

[ FlexSim 20.1.3 ]

Hello, I have a question about user library.

By default, an instance of built-in modeling objects are named 'object type + number' when it is created. For instance, the 3 processors in the Figure below are named Processor1, Processor2 and Processor3, respectively.

In constrast, Jig45, Jig46 and Jig47 are instances of custom objects contained in an user library. They are the first 3 instances of a custom modeling object called Jig. Thus, I hope them to be named Jig1, Jig2 and Jig3, but the object number starts from an arbitary number, 45, instead of 1.

Can I make the object number of custom modeling objects to start from 1?

Re: Numbering of custom objects from user library

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Fri, 12 May 2023 09:54:18 GMT

You will find that earlier versions remember any previous numbering or base it on the rank of the object (or something else), so either number them yourself or use a later version of FlexSim - 22.0 or higher, where, should you rename the object in the user library as 'Jig' then it will number the copies as an independent sequence when you drag/drop them into the model.

Re: Numbering of custom objects from user library

kjunwoo — Sun, 14 May 2023 09:50:04 GMT

Thank you for your answer Jason. I found out that a user library for FlexSim 2023 produces custom object numbers starting from 1, as you told. However, a user library for FlexSim 2020.1 does not. I am developing a model for a company that utilizes FlexSim 2020.1. Isn't there any way to start from custom object number 1 in earlier versions?

Re: Numbering of custom objects from user library

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Mon, 15 May 2023 13:46:45 GMT

You'd need to control it yourself - possibly via the dropscript or the onCreate. To be honest though, using object names for anything other than reporting is something I would consider bad practice and if the user wants a certain name then they should be able to change it to whatever they want to see in a report.

Re: Numbering of custom objects from user library

philboboADSK — Mon, 15 May 2023 13:57:10 GMT

applicationcommand("setuniquename", newObj);

Re: Numbering of custom objects from user library

kjunwoo — Tue, 16 May 2023 00:08:29 GMT

Thank you Phil BoBo. I found the setuniquename function in FlexSim 2020.1 and I think it might be helpful to handle my issue.