Equipment: Rack
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Description
A Rack is a 2 dimensional grid of cells that can be used to store Product.
Creation
From the Toolbox, simply drag and drop a Rack into the simulation.
Access
From the Project Explorer >System > Equipment > Rack.
Or directly in the simulation.
Properties
| Name | Description |
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| Width | Default = 3 (metres) Width (depth) of the Rack in metres. |
| Length | Default = 50 (metres) Length of the Rack in metres. |
| Height | Default = 50 (metres) Height of the Rack in metres. |
| Cell Gap | Default = 0.05 (metres) The thickness of the cell walls in metres. |
| Number of Horizontal Cells | Default = 25 Number of cell columns in the Rack. |
| Number of Vertical Cells | Default = 25 Number of cell rows in the Rack. |
| Product Count | Read-only value for the total number of products in the Rack. |
| Display Parameters | Hide cells and change the size of rows and columns. See below for more details. |
Display Parameters
The display parameters section allows you to customize the rack in a few different ways. Enter the parameters into the text box, and they will be applied to the rack immediately.
Visibility
Portions of the rack can be made invisible. The size of the rack and other cells will remain as though the cells were still present.
VSTART_X-START_Y,END_X,END_Y
Where START_X, START_Y, END_X, and END_Y are all positive cell indices. For example, to make the first column of a three cell high rack invisible:
V0-0,0-2
As you can see, indices start at (0, 0) (the first cell with the lowest X and lowest Y value) and end at (width-1, height-1).
You can have multiple of any display parameter, visibility included, and they may overlap. To make the first row also invisible, for example:
V0-0,0-2
V0-0,2-0
Column Size
Columns can be scaled in the X dimension with this display parameter.
XSTART_X-END_X,SCALE
Where START_X and END_X are positive cell indices, and SCALE is a positive non-zero number. For example, to make the first two columns 1.5 times the width of a standard cell, use the following:
X0-1,1.5
The indices are inclusive, and cells can also be made smaller. For example, to make only the third column two thirds as wide as a standard cell:
X2-2,0.667
If multiple X display parameters set the width of the same column, the last one will ‘win’. In the following example, the width scale of the first column will be 1.5, but the second column will be 2.3, as the second line overwrites the value for the second only:
X0-1,1.5
X1-1,2.3
Row Size
Rows can be scaled in the Y dimension with this display parameter.
YSTART_Y-END_Y,SCALE
Where START_Y and END_Y are positive cell indices, and SCALE is a positive non-zero number. For example, to make the first two rows 1.5 times the height of a standard cell, use the following:
Y0-1,1.5
The indices are inclusive, and cells can also be made smaller. For example, to make only the third row two thirds as high as a standard cell:
Y2-2,0.667
If multiple Y display parameters set the height of the same row, the last one will ‘win’. In the following example, the height scale of the first row will be 1.5, but the second row will be 2.3, as the second line overwrites the value for the second only:
Y0-1,1.5
Y1-1,2.3
Remarks
For both X and Y display parameters, if the scale makes the total length of height of the rack different to the properties of the same name, those properties will not be changed. Those properties determine the size of the rack with no scaling applied. If additional length is required, it will be added to the end furthest away from the origin point of the rack (positive X). Similarly, if additional height is required, it will be added to the top of the rack (positive Z).
All of the display parameters can be applied at once, multiple times, in any order:
V1-1,3-4
Y1-2,1.5
V0-0,1-1
X4-5,2
Y6-6,1.3
If there is an error in the display parameters, the text box will be displayed in red. Holding your mouse over the text box will display an error message explaining what is wrong. In addition, please note that there is a limit of 10000 characters on display parameters.