Problems in creating conveyor belts using code

[lancewu]

[ FlexSim 22.1.4 ]

When I am using dllmaker VS2013, I use createinstance (node ("Main:/project/library/concert/StraightConvenor"), model());

Create a conveyor belt and set its size, it will display the following situation.

Although its size is the same as what I set, the item will get stuck here. When I try to click on this conveyor, its ExitTransfer1 will go somewhere else, perhaps this is the reason for its blockage.

I can manually drag and drop this conveyor belt, and ExitTransfer1 will return to where it should be. Is there a code way to achieve this effect?

I tried "restmodel()" but it didn't work.

[kavika_faleumu · Accepted solution]

Hey @lancewu, it seems that the conveyor exit transfer isn't updating it's location correctly when you programmatically set the conveyor size and do contextdragconnection() to make an exit transfer. A solution could be to call this function after setting conveyor size and making an exit transfer:

Conveyor conv = createinstance(node("MAIN:/project/library/conveyor/StraightConveyor"), model());
Object exitTransfer = function_s(conv, "addExitTransfer");
...  // set conveyor properties, do contextdragconnection()
int convLength = conv.getProperty("HorizontalLength");
function_s(exitTransfer, "setDistAlongConveyor", convLength);

This will move the exitTransfer to the end of the conveyor. Visually, it may look like it's in the wrong place (until you click on it or the conveyor it's on), but with regards to functionality, it works properly.

create-conveyor_1.fsm

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[lancewu]

thank u！it work！！