HC: changing the shape of the chair in Queue

[chanykE2WUT]

[ FlexSim HC 5.1.0 ]

Hi, wonder if anyone has managed to change the shape of the chair in the Queue object in HC. If anyone has done it before, please teach me how to do it.

Thanks

David

[Matthew_Gillespie]

Cliff has done this. @Cliff King

[chanykE2WUT]

@Cliff King

Will you be able to advise on this?

[cliff_king · Accepted solution]

There is a "backdoor" method for changing the default shape used in the display of the "Waiting Room" and "Observation Room" objects in your model. Basically, if the queue object has a "surrogate" shape defined on it, then it will use the surrogate shape rather than the default chair/bed shape to create the object's display. At some point, we plan on creating a user interface to allow people to easily change the default shape of a waiting room and/or observation room, but for now, you must follow the steps outlined in the following GIF to do it.

[chanykE2WUT]

@Cliff King

Thanks for your backdoor method. I was laughing all the time as I watch. How amazing!

[chanykE2WUT]

@John Liow

This is how you can change the shape of the chair in your waiting room.

David

[chanykE2WUT]

@Cliff King

I tried to add the a chair skp file. But after it as a drawsurrogate, the shape is very big. Anyway to reduce the scale?

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/ud0fd8ab2-ea95-4492-bbb0-48afe07eb14e/spoinq-chair-B-Happy-wi...

Thanks

David