Multiple objects Released by one source.

Greeting,

It has been a while now since I've started trying to write a code in the source triggers to make it release several different objects (Both Box and Sphere for example) but It seems to be much more delicate than what I though. Does any one have a clue or a starting point?
Thank you in advance.

If your boxes and spheres have different arrival rates or schedules then you would simply use two Source objects.

Otherwise (and if you want to write code) start by looking at the code behind the OnCreation (or OnExit) trigger called "Change 3D Shape".

All you really need is:

setname(shape(item),"_shape");
set(shapeindex(item), 3);

where 3 is the shapeindex you want to change to (the Media Files interface is found under Tools)


Example: 40% Boxes, 60% Spheres
Since querying whether the shape of an item is not as simple as looking at the itemtype, I will set the itemtype first then base the shape on it.

int boxindex = getshapeindex("fs3d\\General\\Box.3ds");
int sphereindex = getshapeindex("fs3d\\General\\Sphere.3ds");
int thistype = bernoulli(40,1,2);
setitemtype(item,thistype);
setname(shape(item),"_shape");
if(getitemtype(item)==1)
	set(shapeindex(item), boxindex);
else
	set(shapeindex(item), sphereindex);

Another option for the shape indexes is to use a global variables and getshapeindex() OnReset of the model.

Other threads on the topic:
http://www.flexsim.com/community/for...read.php?t=217
http://www.flexsim.com/community/for...read.php?t=643

Thank you so much, that was so helpfull. I finally made it work with your code. Thank's also for the quick replay.