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Been a long time user of AutoCAD, but have never had to draw anything very complicated.

 

Hopefully someone who has drawn conveyor system layouts can help. I am trying to show a part travelling around a 90 degree corner on an overhead conveyor. The part is hanging from two points. Typically, a conveyor layout drawing will show the part copied and moved incrementally multiple times around each corner using the two constraints to show how the part ends and center move with respect to the conveyor track. This is done to ensure that there is no interference with building columns or adjacent equipment.

 

I can draw what I need using a process of copying and moving the part, keeping the leading hang point on the track. I then need to align the part so that the second hang point is also on track. This needs to be repeated approximately 6 to 8 times per corner. A polar array would work for a part hanging from a single point, but not for two. Is there any quicker method for achieving what I need to do? I started looking at dynamic blocks, but I have no experience with these and am not sure how to proceed.

 

Any help would be greatly apprreciated.

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