AGV orientation depending on path classes

[andreas_boehmer]

Hi there,

I am looking for a solution to drive sideways on an agv path. In my testmodel at path class "sideway" agv's should drive sideways to the controlpoint and back to standard path.

In forum i found some solutions for networknodes ( Solved: How do I force an AGV to maintain same orientation on sideways path(crab)? - Autodesk Commun...  or Solved: Identify AGV path - Autodesk Community ).

But i'm using pathes. the second solution identifies the path class. This didn't worked in my testmodel. (i don't know why). In path properties there are only backward / forward / any (maybe a good point for developers to add "sideway")

Flexsim version 25.2

Thank you!

[FelixMoehlmann · Accepted solution]

In newer versions you can find the path the AGV is currently travelling on through the "currentTravelPathSection" property (see Script Console in attached model). The difficult bit is figuring out if the AGV should be rotated to the left or to the right. For that you'd need to know the orientation before it entered the sideways path. This could be done by writing this information to the AGV when it passes a control point ahead of the intersection.

Depending on where in your network the sideways path occur it might be easier to split the travel into multiple travel tasks and switch the "RotateTraveling" property of the AGV inbetween.

[andreas_boehmer]

Hi Felix,

thank you for the hint. I built in the "RotateTraveling" depending on TE-Target and current location. (see new file)