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Home Setting Ancillary and Supplementary Data for Block Optimizer Before runcutting with Run Block Optimizer parameters, make sure to complete the following steps first in FX and BlockBuster.
Ancillary Data for Block Optimizer When creating the run types and run type garages ancillary data, make sure that you have set your context to Run Block Optimizer.
Run Types To produce runcuts using Run Block Optimizer, new run types specific to Run Block Optimizer are required. The Run Type number (#) that you assign to each Block Optimizer run type should be unique and should not duplicate a Blockbuster run type number (#).
About Run Block Optimizer Users have the option to apply the Run Block Optimizer algorithm to process run solutions in BlockBuster. When applied, the algorithm provides the following advantages:
Setting Ancillary and Supplementary Data for Block Optimizer Before runcutting with Run Block Optimizer parameters, make sure to complete the following steps first in FX and BlockBuster.
Setting Context for Ancillary Data to Block Optimizer Before you can work with Block Optimizer data, you must set the context of the data in the Context dialog.
Ancillary Data for Block Optimizer When creating the run types and run type garages ancillary data, make sure that you have set your context to Run Block Optimizer.
Run Types To produce runcuts using Run Block Optimizer, new run types specific to Run Block Optimizer are required. The Run Type number (#) that you assign to each Block Optimizer run type should be unique and should not duplicate a Blockbuster run type number (#).
Adding Run Types The run types are defined in the Run Types ancillary data screen. These must be defined before you can runcut.
Run Type Garages The run type garages must be assigned to indicate to the algorithm which points are used for signing on and signing off, and where the meal breaks are taken. Do this, if you wish to restrict the garages where an operator can sign on or off.
About Vehicle Assignment You can assign vehicles to blocks that are linked together in block groups in the Vehicle Assignment dialog in BlockBuster.
About Travels Travel refers to the time it takes an operator to travel between relief nodes or between a garage and a relief node. They are defined in the Travels screen.
Parameters by Group and Situation The following sections list the Block Optimizer parameters in each Situation by Group:
About Block Scenarios Run Block Optimizer block scenarios are similar to the block scenarios used in Trapeze FX. They are useful when working on Block Optimizer runcutting with the relinking option.
Initial Runcutting with Block Optimizer Parameters When performing an automatic runcut with the Block Optimizer algorithm, you can use the parameters used in a regular runcut and other parameters specific to Block Optimizer.
Using the Block Optimizer then Recut Existing Option The steps to runcutting with the Block Optimizer then Recut Existing option in Cut dialog are similar to those performed when runcutting with Run Block Optimizer for the first time.
About Relinked Blocks After runcutting and allowing relinking of blocks, you can view the changes applied to the blocks in the FX Blocking screen.
Run Types
To produce runcuts using Run Block Optimizer, new run types specific to Run Block
Optimizer are required. The Run Type number (#) that you assign to each Block Optimizer run type
should be unique and should not duplicate a Blockbuster run type number (#).
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