fsy5393 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Hello, This is a Simio model of a logistics network where experiments are run with different number of facilities. I am trying to automate the model building (building the network) For instance, the users will specify the scenarios (experiments) with the desired quantity of facilities and the models will be built according to that information. I am guessing there is a way to dynamically create objects (nodes in this case), but linking those nodes and specifying the distances is challenging. Besides, when the number of facilities increase, the previous locations change as well. Therefore, the distances between the nodes change depending on the number of facilities the user specifies. I tried to set a reference property to the logical distance of the path object, but it is not allowed in Simio. I also considered using free space, but in that case, the objects in the model has to be located in specific places according to the physical appearance of the network. I thought of this as a significant disadvantage. Can this process be automated using SimioAPI extensions in Visual Studio? What type of approach would you suggest? Thank you. Selin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulach Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 You should think about using resources as a constraint in scenarios with less facilities. Maybe this will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsturrock Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Look in the Shared Items forum and the API forum for examples of building models from data files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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