Customizing Flowitem Bin

Hi,

Is there any way that I can customize the items in the flowitem bin for a particular user library such that the changes remain when I close the program and re-load the library?

I do not want to use the OnCreation trigger to change the 3-D shape of the flowitem.

Thanks.

Hello Howe,

Open the flowitem bin and select the object that you want to modify. I would suggest that you create a new object by pressing the <New item> button. This will create a new flowitem, based on the item you have selected. Now change the properties of the new flowitem as you wish.
Finally, right click the flowitem and select the 'Add to user library' option.

Esther

I am using this approach to create new taskexecuterflowitems and save them to an user library. However, when I start a new model and load the library and directly run the model everything goes fine. But once I reset the model, the items from the library are excluded (consequently from the flowitem bin) and an invalid node remove command appears and the program stops responding.

Should I change something on the On Reset model trigger? I am a beginner and I don't have a clue on what to do.


PS. I want taskexecuterflowitems to have a box shape. I changed the base frame to a box and deleted the person shape by editing the visual/animations. Could this procedure have something to do with the error?

What version of FlexSim are you using? Also, are you using a valid license or the demo version of the software?

We fixed a bug with regards to adding flowitems to user libraries in version 7.1.0. The switch_destroyonreset() was not being set properly so the flowitem template in the Flowitem Bin was being destroyed on reset. If you are using an older version of FlexSim, you should update to the latest version (7.1.4). If you are using the evaluation version, then flowitems in user libraries will not work properly; you will need a licensed version of the software to use this feature.

I am using 7.1.0 with a student license.

I will download the updated version. If the problem persists I will come back to you.

Thank you very much!

I installed version 7.1.4 and it is still giving the same error once I reset the model and run it "invalid node remove command".

I attached a very simple model with a simplified version of my user library (only two new flowitems). When I run the model with the default taskexecuterflowitem it works. Then I load the user library and run the model with the Barge flowitem and run it without resetting the model and it also works. Once I reset the model the user library items are excluded from the bin and of course the model doesn't work anymore.

I already tried different libraries and different models and the same error occurs.

What should I do?

Thanks you,
Carolina

Originally Posted by Phil BoBo

... If you are using the evaluation version, then flowitems in user libraries will not work properly; you will need a licensed version of the software to use this feature.

It looks like that this works only with full license.

Thank you all for the replies.

I solved my problem by loading and installing the library on reset.
But now, a new UserLibrary1 is created every time I reset.
Is it possible to close the opened library also on reset before loading it again?

If you look in the tree for the library you can right click the node and copy it's path. Then on reset you use destroyobject with that node.

Thank you!

Now it is working perfectly!