Equipment: Product Generator
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Description
A Product Generator provides a mechanism for producing product to use in a simulation. This can be configured with special properties for size, shape and user properties. e.g. Barcode identifiers.
Creation
From the Toolbox, simply drag and drop a Product Generator into the simulation.
Access
From the Project Explorer > Equipment > Product Generator.
Or directly by selecting the Product Generator in the simulation.
Generate a product
When the simulation is running, hold down the SpaceBar and mouse click on the Product Generator. This will product a new product with the defined properties next to the Generator.
Still holding down the SpaceBar, select and drag the product to the intended location.
If the location is a Conveyor or Chute then the product will be placed on the equipment and move with it.
A Product Generator will allow you to define the usual Product properties as well as any User Defined properties for a Product. e.g. Barcode.
Properties
| Name | Description |
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| Name | Name of the Generator. |
| Processor | Logical processor where all the event handling and processing will be done for current product schedule. But it can induct products on equipments processed by other logical processor. |
| Mass | The mass of the generated product, in kilograms. Default = 1. Only affects the products on physics equipment. Must be greater than zero. |
| Friction | The friction value of the generated product, 10.0 being most friction and 0.0 being no friction. |