Cannot attach rotor head if subgrids share a common grid

Meatball shared this bug 9 hours ago
Not a Bug

It appears that you cannot attach a rotor head to a rotor if the attaching has a parent of the same base grid. I.e. Cycles of connected grids do not appear to work.

I call this a bug, because it was something that could be done in SE1 and the ability to create parallel linkages is important from some simple but useful mechanical linkages. E.g. A scissor lift or underactuated adaptable gripper assembly. These both require that pairs or cycles of pivot points be allowed to connect in a loop to create a specific motion.


example: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1ziQGQiweF8


And the most common of all use cases for SE1 or 2, a door with two rotors/hinges.

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Hello Meatball,


This is expected behavior currently. A Grid cannot be connected to more than 1 mechanical block top part and attached to the mechanical block. This will be implemented in future updates.

As such, I will close this thread as Not a Bug.


Kind Regards,

Bartosz

Keen Software House

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