Marking Curved Conveyors
A bent conveyor is marked by one SimItemBlock, at the beginning of the conveyor. The length of the conveyor will be determined by the beginning of the next conveyor, or an END marker.
Because SimItemBlocks are always coplanar to the XY plane, the tilt angle is also defined by the location of the next conveyor.
Positioning
Each block is placed at the beginning of the conveyor in the centre of the belt. The end of the conveyor is determined by the block marking the beginning of the next conveyor or and End marker.
Rotation
Enter the direction of the beginning conveyor on the XY plane in degrees between 0 and 360 degrees.
- Rotation 0 is parallel to the X axis, towards increasing x coordinates
- Rotation 90 is parallel to the Y axis, towards increasing y coordinates
Attributes
| SIMITEMNAME | Conveyor Name |
| SIMITEMTYPE | B<angle><R or L><Radius> |
| SIMITEMCONNECT | Next Conveyor Name |
TYPE syntax: The TYPE starts with a B for bent conveyor, then the angle in degrees (e.g. 30, 90, 180), the R for Right bent or L for Left bent, and finally the radius (optional) of the bent in millimetres. If radius is omitted, the default radius is 1610mm.
Example
