More than 1 item created at time 0?

[2101990]

[ FlexSim 23.1.2 ]

I have a source which does batch creation. But I would like for the program to start with 3 arrivals at time 0 instead of 1, is this possible?

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

You can use an event conditionally to create 2 more items. This is a user defined logic. You can build it in process flow by a scheduled source activity and a create object activity. Or you do it by source code in an On Creation event in a source object by a command createobject. I suggest you take a look into the manual reference section for coding to find more needed commands, properties and methods.

[2101990]

I would like to add it to my source code, but my on creation event already has a code in place. How do i add to it? At the same time there isn't a createobject command. I was thinking of using a for loop
but I am unsure what to input on the inside of the for loop, could you advice the coding for that?

1. for(int i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
2. {
4. }

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

I think you should find a proper command or method yourself. Typically you need a function with a phrase of copy, create or insert. You find them in Flexscript Class or Command Reference. Learning works with a standard method called bottom up.

[chanykE2WUT]

@night use three source.

David

[jason_lightfootVL7B4 · Accepted solution]

The batch trigger doesn't work when you have Arrival at time 0 checked. You can see from its code that it explicitly checks that the time is not zero. I would instead use a regular interarrival time and create item duplicates on the OnCreation trigger. This prevents creating multiple events at the source which you may/not want.

[jason_lightfootVL7B4]

This can't be correct - you'll be using 3 objects, each sampling different arrival times - maybe I've misunderstood your answer. As a general concept it's not a good idea either - as you will have 3 objects you need to manage and even if you use templates to do that for you, you still have 3 objects for statistics and 3 objects creating events to which you might want to listen.

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