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Z-coordinate of conveyor changes when on a plane and the plane is copied

Hi,

This might be related to my previous question, but will write it as a separate one anyhow as it might be a different issue.

What I have noticed and what is seen in the attached model is that when I copy a plane with a straight conveyor on it then the z-coordinate of the straight conveyor might change. It seems that if the height of the conveyor is 0.02 meters or less at both ends (model in meters) then when the plane is copied the z-coordinate of both ends changes to 1 meter. If the height is 0.03 meters then the z-coordinate stays at this value when copied. In another model with a bit more complex conveyor system the conveyors move to z=1 also when they are at z=0.05 meters before copying. Not sure why that happens.

20161010-conveyorchangesheightwhenplaneiscopied.fsm

Any clue of what is happening and if this is a bug?

Thank you!

Kind regards,

Axel

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When you create a conveyor either by drag-dropping or copy-pasting, if it is on the ground, its z-loc gets bumped up by the conveyor type's leg height.

If you have conveyors that are purposefully on the floor at 0 z-loc, then you should adjust their leg height to 0:


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