Hold an Entity Until All Created Entities Are Offloaded

When you’re in a situation where you have entities (Ex: Aircraft or a truck), that you want to stay at a process (Loading/Off-loading dock) until the entities created (Ex: Pallets/Goods) are offloaded from it.

Hold an Entity Until All Created Entities Are Offloaded model image

Where to Find the Model Object

The following model object can be found in the model objects directory:

  • Flow Control \ Hold an Entity Until All Created Entities Are Offloaded

Difficulty Level

  • Ease of Use: Moderate
  • Ease of Modification: Moderate

How to Use the Model Object

  1. Open Your Model: Open your model or create a new blank model.
  2. Insert the Model Object into Your Model
    1. Locate the model object Hold an Entity Until All Created Entities Are Offloaded and select the insert button.
    2. Move the cursor to the point of insertion and left mouse-click. The upper left corner of the model object will be inserted at the location of the mouse-click.
  3. Connect to Your Model
    1. Connect all the routes leaving the Unload# to where the items will go.from Hold an Entity Until All Created Entities Are Offloaded to your model
    2. Connect the route leaving the Check out to where the main entities (ex: truck/aircraft) will go.from Hold an Entity Until All Created Entities Are Offloaded to your model 1
  4. Update Objects
    1. Click on the arrival arrow and change the pattern to your situation.

      Arrival Pattern is set as a Daily pattern. You must enter your arrival times.change arrival in Hold an Entity Until

    2. Select and delete any docks that you don’t need or add as required.

      You must erase the unnecessary docks, or add more if required. See Advance Topics below for more information.

      If you erase any docks, you must change the v_gate number.change var value in Hold an Entity Until

    3. In the Assign Dock change the distribution to the number of pallets or items that you will be unloading from the Entities (ex: truck/aircraft).change dist in Hold an Entity Until
    4. Rename Item2 to your desired name or remove Item2 and add your own.

      Incase Item2 is removed every input route (to unload activities) ‘create’ field must be changed to show the new entity.

    5. Change time values in each of the Unload#.change time val in Hold an Entity Until
    6. Change the transfer times. The routes going too and from the docks.