Hello Can anyone help me to model an overhead conveyor? Image attached. I want it to work like robot place part on one hook, it travels and then robot place part on another hook.
Handling_Concept.vcmx (3.0 MB)
I briefly looked at your simulation environment, there are quite a few ways to achieve this effect, the core idea is to combine the artifact and the hook together, I’ll probably mention three here:
You can use the hook as a component, have it generated on the conveyor belt, and then in the process node, use Attach to combine the workpiece and hook together and then flow out together.
Or you could make a process node out of the hook’s link using TransportNode and ProcessExecutor, and then set up a component container on each hook so that the artifacts logically flow into the hook’s children and allow it to act with the hooks, and in doing so you’d also have to think about how to spawn and disappear the hooks.
Then again, you could write a python script for grabbing artifacts into the links where the hooks are and letting them follow under certain conditions.
In order to more intuitive expression of my statement, I made three demos, there is a need to refer to, I just simply do it, there may be some bugs or details did not do, I hope to understand. 
Handling_Concept_1.vcmx (3.1 MB)
Handling_Concept_2.vcmx (3.0 MB)
Handling_Concept_3.vcmx (3.0 MB)
Hi @BAD, I think you’ll find the “Overhead Conveyor” (in the eCatalog → Conveyors) easier to use in this case.
There is also an example on how to use it in the Layout Templates:
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Yes, of course it is, I was just discussing some ways to set it up purely on your own.
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