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How to Open the Flow tab in Conveyor Properties window?

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Sam Stubbs answered Phil BoBo commented

The conveyors themselves do not have any "Flow" tab in their properties. The objects that handle the flow of items from conveyor to another object, or from conveyor to conveyor, are the Transfer Points. They are the little squares at the beginning and end of conveyors. (They are added to the end of a conveyor when the conveyor has a port connection made (hold 'q' and clicking between objects) ) Or are automatically made between conveyors when they are snapped together.

If you want a transfer point without the port connections. Simply add the port connection and then right-click on the transfer point and select "Remove Connections." That will cause the transfer point to remain, but have no connections.

If you open the transfer point's properties, that is where you will find "Send to Port" and other functions typically found in an objects Flow tab.


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Hi Thank you..But as per Robot moving flowitem Tutorial, I am not able to complete the 2nd step. The screen shot is attached.(capture1.png)

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That tutorial was written with the legacy conveyor object before the Conveyor Module objects were developed.

You can connect the Robot's center port to the Exit Transfer instead of directly to the Conveyor itself.

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