How we can set 2 values for Processing time for a machine?

[malatta1]

[ FlexSim 23.1.0 ]

I am trying to set two types of processing time for a machine and test it using experimenter. However, it take the fixed value but it is not taking the triangle distribution value.

[kavika_faleumu · Accepted solution]

Hey @Mohammad Alattar, you need to remove the last parameter of the triangular distribution - the part that says "getstream(current)". The parameter doesn't understand what "current" is in the context, and so it gives you some errors if you try to run with that parameter.

[malatta1]

Hey @Kavika F,

Thank you for the clarification. After the edit the model runs as expected!

[jason_lightfoot_adsk]

You should really be using the stream with the parameter param(1) which is passed into the parameter evaluation:

Model.parameters["ProcessTime"].evaluate(current);

There is an option to pass current using the process time parameter pop-up:

Then in your triangular distribtution you can add back the getstream(param(1)) expression.

[malatta1]

So when I have 2 arguments, like the screenshot I posted in the top what should be the case in that situation as am really sure if the software is taking the values when I run the experimenter ?

[jason_lightfoot_adsk]

I don't see a screenshot of something using two arguments - but if you pass in two, the second one is accessed using param(2) in the option expression.

[malatta1]

This is how I define it in the parameter tab (screenshot 1). Then I connect this using the processing time and selecting the parameter (screenshot 2). Then the goal is to switch between these two kinds of processing times using the experimenter.

[jason_lightfoot_adsk]

What's the question about the two options? You set which to use in the experimenter scenario/job.