Is it possible to use people elevator with network node ?

[nicolas_m6]

[ FlexSim 19.1.2 ]

Is it possible to use people elevator simply with network node as it was possible in healthcare ? (see model attached) Or this is only with the Astar ?

Thanks in advance

demoelevator.fsm

[tanner_p]

From the user manual: "The Elevator Bank acts as a custom A* bridge between A* grids that are stacked on top of each other along a model's z-axis."

Elevators are designed to use algorithms that include parameters within the A* network, like "DestFloorZ." Because of this, you'd be better off using A* for the elevator functionality.

That said, Network Nodes still allow vertical travel that could represent an elevator like in your attached model, but they wouldn't look as clear visually. Hopefully this helps.

22338-demoelevator-1.fsm

[nicolas_m6]

@Tanner Poulton, OK. I had a good understanding. Thanks for your answer.

"Network Nodes still allow vertical travel that could represent an elevator like in your attached model, but they wouldn't look as clear visually." > It's a pity.

Now the question is : Is it possible to link operators on a network node (my current model is based on network node) AND link them on the A* to use people elevator ? It seems that it doesn't work.

[tanner_p]

Unfortunately, task executors can only be part of one travel system. This is because the system they're part of is the entity in charge of calculating and creating their task sequences.

For this reason, it is important that you determine which travel system to use before building a model in the case that you need certain functionalities.

The only way I can think of to bypass this would be to remove the task executor from one network and then place them into the other network before assigning a task, but I don't recommend this and I'm not even sure it's possible.

For reference (this is found in the User Manual):

[nicolas_m6 · Accepted solution]

To conclude :

People elevator is not able to work easy with network node as it was possible in Healthcare > It's too bad

It's not possible to use both systems (network node and Astar).

Thanks for your answers