Multiple stations with different processor properties

[computer_o]

[ FlexSim HC 5.0.12 ]

I have a set of 100 stations each with different number of fixed processors. The processors processing time is same for all processors at a single station but vary from station to station. What is the best way to model this without dragging and dropping several 1000 copies of processor elements.

I am envisioning something similar to the sets and station blocks of ARENA.

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

@Computer O, are you sure you want an answer for FlexSim Health Care?

[sharon_l3]

Nope, Just regular flexsim

[joerg_vogel_HsH · Accepted solution]

You can place a visual object like a plane as a container in the model. This is your station. Then you drag the processors into this plane. You can drag input and output connections from or to the processors to the plane. You add labels to the plane which you use to set the processing and setup times of the processors. At last you place this plane as a new object to a user library.

Then you can drag this object from the user library into the model as you would do it from the standard library.

You can save the user library to the disk and load it in another model, too.

[sharon_l3]

Thank You. That helps.

One thing though, how so you set variable number of processors in each station?

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

Easy answer, I don't do it. I place the possible maximum and delete the obsolete processors later by a label on the plane in the OnReset trigger of the plane.

The difficult method is to create a copy of the first processor as often as you need it in the station and then build the connections by code.