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  1. Feature request: Vehicle can pick up and drop off things(Entity)at (x,y,z) in free space , NOT node. This is especially useful to model battle field rescue work, when wounded soldier was randomly created in a zone (not on nodes). thanks
  2. I would like to record the total distance traveled in free space for 70+ of the same entity, going to random sinks from many different sources. I have tried using the "totaldistancetraveled" function, but can only get it to work for a specific entity (for example "ModelEntity[1].TotalDistanceTraveled"). What is the best way to do this.
  3. Hi everyone, i'm working on a model similar to the emergency room sample provided by simio. my question is: they show a patient (entity) walking to the bed (server) and when it gets to the bed the entity (patient) changes from walking to lying down on the bed. How is that done? i'm looking around and can't figure out what setting i need to change to make this happen on my model. i have simio version 5.91.10320 (32 bit). any help would be GREATLY appreciated. thanks a bunch!
  4. Hi I want to modelling the following problem: A source1 is creating Entities which are wander in free space. Another source2 is creating other Entities. This entities acts as firefighters and should be able to pick up other entities which are created from source1. When an entity of source1 has a value of a specified property below a minimal-value (the health) it should be picked up by a firefighter-entity which was created from source2. Can someone give me some hints, how I can modeling the firefighter-entity to pickup other entities? - Thank you for your help. Best Regards, Thomas
  5. Hello, I have a server that can handle different entities (not simultaneously). I want a process to take place only when the server is processing a specific entity (for example: the entity A). Is there a step which discriminates the entity between all the others ? Or is there another way to do what I want ? Thanks
  6. Is it possible to release a resource after a model entity departs the system? I am trying to model a case when an exam room in a hospital is cleaned after a patient leaves the system. The exam room should not be made available to other patients prior to cleaning. It seems the default is to release all associated resources when an entity departs the system. Thanks in advance!
  7. Hello, I have a very large number of different products that must go through a workstation and each of them have different setup / processing / teardown times. My idea was to create a table and import the data from Excel containing the product name, ratio, and setup times etc. I got that part done, but now I'm stuck. It seems I would need to create en entity with the name of each product? There must be another way? Thanks in advance. Samuel
  8. Hello Simio-Community, I want to simulate a vegetable garden with a source, with a maximum number of vegetables (maximum arrivals in Simio). People can take as much vegetables as they want in the garden until it is empty. Once one vegetable has been gathered it takes a few weeks to grow again. Do you have an idea of how I can handle this ? I'm quite new in Simio. Thank you in advance,
  9. I have two models in a project, one which handles supply (results in trucks being routed to one of several sinks) and one which handles demand (various sources). I would like to connect the sink of my supply model to the source of the demand model. Can I transfer entities between models? Or do I need to manually copy and paste each object from one of my models into the other to allow for the transfer of entities? This may be very simple, sorry if I'm the annoying newbie! Joy
  10. I am using arrival table to create my entities inside my simulation. So I am importing a column indicating the arrival time of all my entities; inside my data I also have property associated with each entity (exam type in an ultrasound clinic). I want to use that column as well and attache the associated property to each entity created. I am not sure how to do that. Also I want to use that property in another table and assign processing time distributions for each property (maybe defining the column as a key might help but I am not sure ). I appreciate any help.
  11. Good night, It's my first post here, and I want to say at first very thanks for the help, I'm going to explain a little the issue: I'm making my own simulation about a supermarket, and I'm trying to generate a list of things which had to be assigned to a Entity. I generated a string property as vector with 4 rows (ArticuloQueCompra), and I sent from a table (Listadelacompra). I also had made the same with another property (CantidadArticulo). After, I sent the values throw a trigger (AsignacionManualDatos). I thought it isn't the best way for this but I didn't find the right. I appreciate the time you spend for help, so, thanks again. Regards,
  12. Hey all, My team is developing a model to simulate a network of electric fleet vehicles. We are hoping to track the number of cars parked at a charger in the model as a state variable (called NumCars), and then reference this value in the "processes" tab of the model entity, in order to assign individual cars certain values (called Signal). We have been unable to correctly reference NumCars in the Signal process within model entity. We attempted to use Model.NumCars to reference this value, but received an error stating: "Unable to get value of the property. Referenced definition type 'Model' does not match executing type 'ModelEntity'. Is there any way to reference a model state variable within a model entity process, as we are hoping to do? Thanks, Joe
  13. Hi. I´m having a very basic doubt about processing times. I have two products which one with a different processing time that varies from server to server, so when the model entity arrives at one specific server, i need to "read" what kind of product is passing and what´s the server in use from a table. I believe that´s an easy problem, but a can´t figure out how to do it. Thanks
  14. There are 4 entities and they go to workstation with setup time. 1. From Combiners to Workstation(Machining1), I set up the changeover time but it didn't work. I don't know why. (Maybe simio cognize all to pallet) 2. I want to make property about setup like trigger for changeover. For example, at first, 5 of M1 entities go to workstation and then 5 of M2 entities go to workstation. That is the number of changeover property. I think I can if I use ranking rule and process logic but I failed. Please let me know how to solve these. Sample Layout.spfx
  15. Hello, This model corresponds to an assembly line for three models. ModelA and ModelB are processed from Station1 to Station9 and the leave the line. ModelC must have additional work, which is to be done in Auxiliar (in between Station 8 and Station9), so that it leaves the line after Station 8and gets back to Station9 after the extra operations. A sucbomponent must be ordered in advance to be integrated to ModelC in Auxiliar. The logic I want to implement is the following. I have a list containing all stations (object list lstStations). A list property pointint to that list (rpSynchroStation). For every output node of every station, I want to check if the list property coincides with the name of the corresponding station (and if it's model C in that station). If so, an event is triggered, and a source corresponding to the supplier produces a part that will be delivered some time later. The problem I am having is within the decide step, when comparing: ModelEntity.Location.Parent.Name == rpSynchroStation && ModelEntity.EntityType == ModelC In Decide2 step in procCheckIfSynchro process. I get an error when comparing ModelEntity.Location.Parent.Name == rpSynchroStation. Could you please help me with this? Many thanks Best regards, model_tractors.spfx
  16. Hi, I would like to model the following. Having information stored in every entity instance containing the information to a set of tasks that can be performed to that entity and, whether they have been performed. I have created a model. There is a set of entities that will enter the model. This is stores in a table (allEntities). Some tasks can be done to entities. This is in another table (allTasks). Every single entity will have several tasks associated among all possible tasks. This is in a third table (infoEntities). When an entity enters the model, I would like each of them to have that information and, as those tasks are done, keep some record that they have been done. I have created a repeat group property within the ModelEntity object to grasp info from infoEntities table and the make use of it. But I have not been able to make it work. Could you provide me with some hints to progress? A model and a document with images is attached. Many thanks. description.pdf model.spfx
  17. Hello, I am currently working on a SIMIO model simulating a maintenance workshop. The model is made of roughly a 1000 entities of various type, going through potentially different paths among 30 servers over the course of a year. I would like to be able to extract an excel file keeping the flow history of each entity, meaning at least the date, the server, and the ID of the entity and of the worker used, for each step of the simulation. I feel like this must be possible to achieve using Tally statistics, but even after reading some simbits solution, I can't figure out a way to do this. Thank you for your help, Clem
  18. Hello, In my model, all the entities ride on transporters. At a server, the entitie goes through the server and the transporter has to wait at the server until the entity is done, and then pick up the entity and bring the entity to the next location I tried to model this by selecting "Keep reserved if" true, but this is not possible for transporters with a capacity greater then one (the explanation from the simio help guide is included as an attachment). My transporters have a capacity of 5. Is there another way to model this? Thanks!
  19. Hello, Is it possible to change the state of just the entities while they are on a transporter? Because now i get an error when I put an add-on process to change the state of the entities going throug the node because simio tries to change the state of the transporter too. Thanks for the help, would really appreciate it!
  20. Hi folks! I'm trying to model a production line with one worker and several stations that he visits/uses. The process is in a specific order (ie, the entities move in a direct path) but the worker is free to float between stations as needed. The situation I'm facing now is that some stations require him during the beginning and ending, excluding processing time, and other use him the whole time. I have a station that he is called to be at, and he goes and completes the task, then exits the station leaving the entities, goes to finish another task, and then returns to the original station to pick up the entities he left before. How do I make him take those entities to their next location before leaving? I've tried setting the "task selection strategy" to "largest priority" and assigning higher priority to the entities at the original station, but it's not working. Any help would be very appreciated! Thanks PS, does anyone have any thoughts/preferences between using processes to seize the worker and delay during the task versus using the station's secondary resources to call him? They seem to be the same thing to me and I was just wondering if there are any tips/tricks/reasons to use one over the other? Double thanks!
  21. Dear all, I have a question about modelling arrivals. Entities have to arrive in groups of 5. These 5 entities can be of different entity types. Now in my model, each time an entity "group" of 5 entities arrives, they are all from the same entity type. This is probably because first is decided which type the group will be, and then the 5 entities are created. Each time these 5 entities arrive, there is a Table Reference Assignment referring to the "productmix", from where is decided which entity types will be created. All the entities in the arrival have to be as the percentage in the producttable. So more types per arrival group can arrive. Does somebody know how to model this? Thanks. My model is included as an attachment. Entity_Arrival_Problem.spfx
  22. I would like to refer to a specific row in a date table for a specific property. I found the syntax for this as TableName[RowNumber].PropertyName. However, I want to use a model entity state variable that returns an integer for the row number. The model gives an error saying "invalid syntax". A model state variable works fine, but I can't use a modelentity variable. (TableName[ModelEntity.StateName].PropertyName). Are there any suggestions to solve this issue? Thank you.
  23. HI I am a fairly new user and please forgive my confusion. I am working on a project where there are different vehicles coming on different times throughout the night. (for resurfacing etc) I created Arrival table correctly, entered date time values accordingly. The quantity of each vehicle type required is 1. Routing Logic is defined too. I used a Token process as well to guide source. BUT for some reason, when I run the model, all vehicles leave the source at once and then 1st vehicle type keep coming after every hour. BTW it works well if I use no Nodes and simple Source to Sink Path, However, when there are nodes, it mess up and all vehicles leave source at once. Can anyone please tell me what am I doing wrong ? Huge thanks in advance P.S I have attached my current model as well 4 vehicles on time (trying).spfx
  24. Hello I need to change the processing time base on the number of workers available. This should could change during the simulation. I have already solved to change it before to start the simulation, but I cannot do it dynamically. One task is performed in one hour by one worker, but if after 30 min, a second worker is release and come to help, both will finish the task in 45 minutes. Viceversa, if at the beginning of the simulation there are two workers, but one have to go to another task, the worker that stay in the server will take more time to perform the task.
  25. I have a situation where I have entities at a single source that are transferred to their destination by a vehicle. Each vehicle delivers 1 entity per trip. The destination is dictated by the entity's state variable ModelEntity.DropOff (if=1, then drop off at server 1, if=2, drop off at server 2, etc..). The vehicle path is the same for all vehicles (pick-up, then server 1, then server 2, etc.... return home) until they drop off their entity. Once they drop off their entity, they immediately return home to pick up another entity. With support's help, I have the model working fine except for the drop-off part (right now vehicles pick-up an entity, follow a nodelist, and dropoff entities at random destinations in the nodelist, and return home to pick up another) . I cannot figure out how to tell a vehicle to drop off a particular entity at a particular destination based on the attributes of the riding entity. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Scott
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