Marking Merging Conveyors
A merging conveyor is marked by one SimItemBlock, at the beginning of the conveyor. The length of the conveyor will be determined by the intersection with the out-feed conveyor.
Because SimItemBlocks are always coplanar to the XY plane, the tilt angle is also defined by the location of the out-feed conveyor.
Positioning
The block is placed at the beginning of the conveyor in the centre of the belt.
Rotation
Enter the direction of the 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 | SM |
| SIMITEMCONNECT | Out-feed 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 of the bent in millimetres.
Note: A merging conveyor is always straight.
Example
