FlexSim 7.7.2 Available

FlexSim 7.7.2 is available. You can download it from the account section of the website.

If you have feature requests, bug reports, or other feedback on the software, please email [email protected] or use the support page at www.flexsim.com/support

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Release Notes

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--- FlexSim 7.7.2 (January 8, 2016) --------------------------------------------

• Fixed Elevators, Cranes, ASRS, and Conveyor module objects not resizing correctly for different model units.
• Fixed an issue with the List Entries debugging tool not allowing you to sample objects.
• Fixed the default header for the OnStateChange trigger.
• Fixed an issue with displaying variants in the local/watch variables windows of the debugger.
• Fixed a bug with drawtomodelscale() and drawtoobjectscale() commands.
• Improved the performance of XML loading and saving.
• Fixed the gettablestr() command when a Global Table is set to use a bundle.
• Fixed a bug with using global lists in the query() command.
• Fixed bugs that caused child experimenter processes to die unexpectedly.
• Fixed a bug where code windows would sometimes not show the text when multiple windows were open together.
• Fixed a bug with multisorttable() not working correctly with descending column sorts.
• Improvements to quick properties for faster updates and better scroll management.

• Added an Update Locations picklist to Enter/Exit triggers.

--- Conveyor 1.0.12 (January 8, 2016) --------------------------------------------

• Fixed a smooth transfer interpolation bug when an item is straddling three conveyors.
• Fixed an issue where an item merging onto a conveyor doesn't merge properly if it is blocked by an item that is diverting from the conveyor.
• Made various fixes for undo functionality.
• Fixed an issue with speed drivers not properly calculating accumulation block points in specific scenarios.

--- AGV 1.1.12 (January 8, 2016) --------------------------------------------

• Fixed issues with agvaddlistener and cpaddlistener not interpreting object references correctly.

--- ProcessFlow 1.0.2 (January 8, 2016) --------------------------------------------

• Fixed an issue with trace histories not displaying in FR/TE Process Flows.
• Fixed an issue with viewing List back orders for instanced Process Flows.
• Fixed the Wait for Event and Event Triggered Source to properly pass in the eventRank.
• Fixed an issue with containers sometimes not moving activities inside of them.
• Fixed an issue with entries on a List not properly being removed when a token was released manually from the Push to List activity.
• Fixed issues with using Process Flow Variables in the Experimenter.
• Fixed issues with saving Process Flow dashboards and using Process Flow dashboards as PFMs in the Experimenter.
• Fixed an issue with connectors not being renamed properly.
• Tokens are now destroyed when sitting in Sink/Finish activities once all of their shared assets are deallocated.
• Improvements to the Universal Edit fields (you can now select a portion of text in the field and use the sampler or select a label from the drop down).
• Improved zooming in the Process Flow view.
• You can now manually release a token from a Run Sub Flow activity using the releasetoken() command.
• Updated the Custom Task Sequence activity to use an edit field for the task type to allow for user-defined custom tasks.
• Update the Delay Task Activity to display the delay time on the token.
• Updated the Process Flow dll to allow user-defined modules to extend Process Flow with custom activities.
• Added OnEntering, OnExiting, OnManualRelease, OnAssetAllocated, and OnAssetDeallocated events to the token.
• Added additional Array picklists for the Assign Labels activity.

*** Backwards Compatibility Note ***********************************************
*** the following changes may slightly change the way updated models behave ****

• Fixed drawtext()'s rotation parameters so that they match FlexSim object rotations.

One of the changes in 7.7.2 broke the VideoRecorder. When you try to record a video, you will get the following error in 7.7.2:

exception: Exception Caught in ObjectFunction272__project_library_VideoRecorder_b ehaviour_eventfunctions_GenRecording object: /Tools/VideoRecorder class: MAIN:/project/library/VideoRecorder

This error will be fixed in our next bug-fix release (7.7.4).

In the meantime, you can work around this error by executing the following script before opening the VideoRecorder window to record a video:

treenode videoRecView = node("VIEW:/standardviews/tools/VideoRecorder/VideoRecorder");
if (!objectexists(node(">variables/options", videoRecView))) {
	treenode errorText = node(">variables/errorText", videoRecView);
	treenode parent = up(errorText);
	transfernode(errorText, videoRecView);
	destroyobject(parent);
	rebindobjectattributes(videoRecView);
	transfernode(errorText, variables(videoRecView));
}

Hi,

in 7.7.2 with AStar Module 1.1.2 I can drag a divider to the 3D view but it´s not possible to drop it.
Is it only on my Hardware?

Hi Hemmi,

Using the divider with the AStar 1.1.2 module in Flexsim 7.7.2 works for me. Though not drag-drop, but clicking on the divider and then in the model window lets me draw the divider to the 3D view. The other AStar objects seem to behave the same way.

Axel