Managing Pathway Connections

You can establish connections between two or more pathways in the same or in different simulatable manufacturing cells for the seamless movement of AGVs across connected pathways.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Manage Pathway Connections.
    The Connected Pathways dialog box displays.

  2. Click to declare one or several pathway connections.
  3. Select a reference primary pathway, then select secondary pathways.

    Note: The secondary pathways will be connected to the primary pathway.

    The Declare Pathway connections dialog box displays.

  4. Click Add Junctions to add a junction point between the selected pathways.
    The new junction point displays in the Declare Pathway connections dialog box.
  5. Double-click the junction point cell, or right-click it then click Edit. Then, select the pathway's junctions.
    The junctions to be connected are created.
  6. Click Add Segments to select the segments to be merged.
  7. Double-click the junction point cell, or right-click it then click Edit. Then, select the pathway's segments.
    The segments to be merged are created.
  8. Click OK.
    The connected pathways are created.
    Notes:
    • The primary pathway is important to specify which segment to use for AGV movement, in case multiple pathways connect. So, if you have defined a connection between multiple pathways and specified the overlapping segments, then, during the simulation, the segment of the primary pathway will be used for the AGV.
    • If the selected pathways have overlapping segments and joints, they display by default in the connection panel during connections creation. You can also add the connections for nonoverlapping elements.