No ports section for conveyors. Bug or Feature?

I'm building a large conveyor model and sometimes I use a centerport connection to have a reference to another conveyor (especially with reversing conveyors I use it) So the connections are being made but the quick properties don't show a port section. Is this by design or an omission?

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.0.0

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Dec 08 2020 at 1:32 PM

It's always been that way - the need for ports is mostly on transfers, but I agree that a GUI interface is really needed for port type connections so you can easily change the rank when you have multiple connections.

I tend to steer clear of centerport connections and use a label pointer instead, which you can then easily refer to by name. The only disadvantage is that it's not by default a bidirectional relationship, for which you need a coupling (as per the centerports), but that you can also fudge using labels with ownerobject.

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Steven Hamoen commented · Dec 08 2020 at 1:57 PM

@jason.lightfoot Yes there are different ways of doing it but if you can make a port connection with the object I think there should also be a GUI for it. Not only for changing the order but also for knowing what is connected to what, especially with photoeyes, decision point and transfers in the neighbourhood, the amount of connections and the positions make it difficult to see what is connected to what.

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