How To Display Product Information

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How To Display Product Information

It is possible to display any text on the "billboard" over products. This can be achieved with simple scripts.

Subscribe to an event, for example, when a product blocks a PE Sensor.
On reception of the event, set the Product 'Text' property to the desired value.

Example: the script below will display the name of the Product Schedule that has created the product when the product reaches the conveyor "DF.C02":

function OnSimulationStart() {
  Subscribe("OnProductAdded", "DF.C02", "DisplayInfo");
}
 
function DisplayInfo(sender, product) {
  product.Text = product.Scheduler.Name + " ";
}

Note that the height of the 'billboard' is not taken into account when the 3D engine calculates the bounding areas for clipping. If you have no objects above the bottom of the 'billboard' window then these can be clipped from the display when viewed from above. The workaround is to place an object (can be invisible) at a height above the 'billboard'.