As we released new 4.7 application version there were some updates to eCatalog as well. All PM components have been modified to support new product filter features. On top of that there have been few new components added. Mission Controller is new component to give more control over PM resources. This Academy tutorial shows how to use that component:
EDIT: Finally there is new Factory Building component. This one is parametric and shows nicely what you can do with VC primitive features. Boolean feature has really opened up new things for component modeling.
We continue to add components and maintain old ones to 4.7 eCatalog. As usual with new major releases old 4.6 eCat will no longer get updates from now on. You can request new models using our support channel and the team will try to model those if possible. We do try to follow requests made on Forum as well but support channel is more reliable channel to get those requests in.
This seems to be a bit off topic for this question as this thread is about 4.7 ecatalog additions and not exactly how to use them, albeit the mission controller academy link is provided.
@keke@Lefa Hello, I have been encountering some issues while using Mission Controller recently. I am not sure if this is a bug or if the feature is not available. When I use footsteps or external methods to create tasks through different conditions and push them, if there is an AGV executing the task, the AGV will report an error and stop running
Great to see high interest in using AGVs along with some of the forum add-ons. However, do please note that the title of this forum post is “4.7 eCat updates” and as such, the topics should be kept within the scope of the title. Unfortunately asking for help from multiple different channels doesn’t exactly make things go faster, could this be kept within one channel?
In general, forum add-ons come “as is”, it is not tied to the software in any other way that except it more or less works there. They are not native implementations which is why they should be seen more as “templates” that again, “more or less work” in a given scenario. If you present a complex or unique scenario to the add-on you can expect to do some development on the add-on. Sometimes, like you’ve seen, the add-on does not work as you’ve hoped it would but was this what it was developed for? You are, of course, more than entitled to report a bug of the add-on but if you do, please give the most simplified version of “how to reproduce” the bug instead of the full project file. There can also be rather awkward situations arising when an “external add-on developed by someone else” forces a “bug fix” on native side. Note that this also applies on native implementation if the user has modified it
Something to also understand is that the forum is actually an external entity, not really tied to the company. We maintain the forum but the forum should be considered as “extra”. This can, again, make certain “bug fixes” rather awkward as some of the problems should go to the support channel and some should stay at the forum. Your case falls to the “grey” area where it is not really clear where it should go but just based on what @idkfa has done, I would say that it looks like a custom implementation and thus consultancy. We’ve also noted that you have already contacted the support channel so we should probably keep it there.
