Object

Objects are static nodes in a model through which items flow

Planimate Objects

Planimate has a small number of objects but they each have a variety of modes and extended capabilities.

Agent Drop-off

Main article: Agent Drop-off

The Agent Drop-off enables agents which are carrying items to release one or more of the items.

Agent Pick-up

Main article: Agent Pick-up

The Agent Pick-up enables a number of items to be "picked up" by an Agent.

Entry

Main article: Entry

Entries introduce new items into a model.

Exit

Main article: Exit

Items leave a model via an Exit object.

Change

Main article: Change

With a Change Object you can make changes in your model whenever an item passes through it during a model run.

Dispatcher

Main article: Dispatcher

The Dispatcher is a wait station for Agents or Items, and can have multiple outgoing paths.

Guide

Main article: Guide

Guide objects do not directly affect a simulation but are useful in adjusting the paths of items to improve their movement on screen.

Queue

Main article: Queue

Queues or line-ups form when a number of items are competing for access to some object that cannot handle them all at the same time.

Multi-Server

Main article: Multi-Server

The Multi-Server object has the ability to delay one or more items at a time.

Pipe

Main article: Pipe

Pipes are a type of "spatial" connection which can be formed between portals to model movement of bulk product.

Portal

Main article: Portal

A Portal object appears on the screen like any other object but rather than having a fixed behaviour, it is a link to a sub-system screen. Every Portal contains one Subsystem screen on which there is always at least one portal entry and one portal exit.

Spatial Link

Main article: Spatial Link

Spatial links are objects that form a connection between portals.

Splitter

Main article: Splitter

A Splitter object takes a single incoming item and splits it into a number of outgoing items.

Switch

Main article: Switch

Switches enable items to dynamically select from a number of possible paths.

Track

Main article: Track

Track objects are an advanced modelling object for use in specialist track applications.

Object Articles

• Can I move more than one object at a time?
• Can I make an object stop processing an item, hold it for a while, then continue from where it left off?
• Can I delete more than one object at a time?
• Select Objects to Add to Model Objects Label List
• Dynamic Model Object List
• Creating an object label for the current location
• Finding objects positioned off-screen
• How inter-object references are handled during copy/paste
• Replacing objects under model control using the REPLACE operation
• Specifying location of a dynamically copied object

Object Frequently Asked Questions

• The Carrier Item only services one of the Objects that want it
• I have two paths feeding an object, but it seems to draw from only one of them.
• How do I swap one object for another in a path?
• How do I remove an object from a path?
• How do I add another object to the path I have laid?
• Can I move more than one object at a time?
• Can I make an object stop processing an item, hold it for a while, then continue from where it left off?
• Can I delete more than one object at a time?
• I set out my objects, saved the model, but when I try to run it it says no more events.
• Can I save a whole screen's paint objects for use in other screens?
• I want to hide an object's name.
• I want to hide an object.
• My attribute is not changing when the item goes thru the change object.
• My item only goes out one of the two outgoing paths I have laid from an object.
• When my model begins its run, an item goes into an object and never comes out.
• My item won't go into an object, even though it is unoccupied.