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Make Chained Assets usable for conveyors

Make Chained Assets usable for conveyors

When creating a chained Asset, the dialogue asks for a clear start- and end-connector-name according to
Factory Design Utilities 2024 Help | Create an Asset Chain | Autodesk.

 

When you define a chained asset with a straight conveyor asset and a curve asset, that usually has a direction of left or right (defined either in the asset or through an angle), and you place a run of a chained asset, some of these right curves are placed in a reverse direction, neglecting, that usually a curve has a clear direction and orientation in which it is moving in almost any conveyor.

 

Of course, looking at the above help page, you understand, that this behaviour might be "as designed" for assets, where a direction doesn't matter such as a fence.

 

However, this leaves all manufacturers of conveyors with an almost useless function of chained assets.

 

Could you please take this thought into consideration and provide some correction to the chained asset, so a curve turns either left or right and the asset could be used for a chain of conveyors?

  

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