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Define slots for the rack automatic

hicham_elbaz6949F — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:30:33 GMT

[ FlexSim 23.2.2 ]

I am trying to look for an easy way to simulate the slots in racks without taking into consideration height of the slots, for example I got two zones 1 and 2 racks each zone got two aisles and each aisle got multiple slots. is there easy way to do slots automatically without putting each rack as 3D then edit each one separately or the compare properties as well

Re: Define slots for the rack automatic

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:13:57 GMT

This post may help.

Re: Define slots for the rack automatic

hicham_elbaz6949F — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:47:43 GMT

Thank you @Jason Lightfoot if I wanna use flexscript for many racks do I have to repeat the same script many times knowing that i have differents slots and bays in racks?

Object rack=Model.find("Rack1");
Map dimensions=rack.getProperty("Dimensions");
dimensions.NumBays=4;
dimensions.BaySize=3;
dimensions.NumLevels=5;
dimensions.SlotsPerBay=2;
dimensions.LevelSize=2;
rack.setProperty("Dimensions",dimensions);

Re: Define slots for the rack automatic

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:51:34 GMT

I would put the rack definitions in a table and have your script loop through that, updating /creating each rack.

Re: Define slots for the rack automatic

hicham_elbaz6949F — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:02:15 GMT

@Jason Lightfoot is there in any example for the flexscript that can be used for updating/creating the racks. I have attached a model where i have global table which contains racks and specification. model.fsm

Re: Define slots for the rack automatic

hicham_elbaz6949F — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:03:28 GMT

another point is there any way for example i would give bay number and levels plus number of slots for all racks as one number then it will automatically update the racks

Re: Define slots for the rack automatic

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:14:30 GMT

Table rackdefs=Table("GlobalTable1");
for (int n=rackdefs.numRows;n>0;n--){
    Object rack=Model.find(rackdefs.getRowHeader(n));
    Map dimensions=rack.getProperty("Dimensions");
    dimensions.NumBays=rackdefs["NumBays"];
    dimensions.BaySize=rackdefs["Baysize"];
    dimensions.NumLevels=rackdefs["Numlevels"];
    dimensions.SlotsPerBay=rackdefs["SlotsPerBay"];
    dimensions.LevelSize=rackdefs["Levelsize"];
    dimensions.SlotSize=dimensions.BaySize/dimensions.SlotsPerBay;
    rack.setProperty("Dimensions",dimensions);
}

Re: Define slots for the rack automatic

hicham_elbaz6949F — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:20:43 GMT

Got it. Thank you @Jason Lightfoot