Editing Mechanical Arm (section)

== Usage ==
The Mechanical Arm can take or deposit items from various blocks within a '''5 block radius''' of where it is placed. The order it does this in is determined by its [[Mechanical Arm#Behaviors|behavior]] as well as the order the blocks were selected in during placement. A placed Mechanical Arm's selected blocks can be viewed by hovering over it with a [[Wrench]].
===Placement===
* With the Mechanical Arm in hand, right clicking valid inventories will select them.
* The arm will remember the order the blocks were selected in while transferring items.
* Right clicking again will toggle between taking items from the block (highlighted in blue) or depositing items to the block (highlighted in yellow.)
* Left clicking will deselect the block. 
* The Mechanical Arm can then be placed by right clicking on a block, and [[Rotational Force|powered]]. 
* Inventories beyond a 5 block radius from where it is placed will be dropped. The range of the arm can be adjusted in the [[Config]].
* After placement, the amount of inputs and outputs an arm has will be shown in a message on screen if no selected points had to be dropped. A separate message is shown in red if interaction points were removed.
** "Mechanical Arm has x input(s) and y output(s)"
** "x selected interaction point(s) removed due to range limitations"

After the arm is placed, the inventories will be saved relative to where the arm is rather than by their coordinates; when the arm is moved, it will check for inventories relative to its current location, dropping them if no valid inventory is found.

The arm can be powered by a [[Cogwheel]] or similar blocks.
=== Interaction Points ===
The Mechanical Arm can interact with the following blocks:
*{{ItemLink|Mechanical Belt}}
*{{ItemLink|Chute}}
*{{ItemLink|Depot}}
*{{ItemLink|Weighted Ejector}}
*{{ItemLink|Basin}}
*{{ItemLink|Andesite Funnel}}
*{{ItemLink|Brass Funnel}}
*{{ItemLink|Mechanical Crafter}}
*{{ItemLink|Millstone}}
*{{ItemLink|Deployer}}
*{{ItemLink|Mechanical Saw}}
*{{ItemLink|Blaze Burner}}
*{{ItemLink|Crushing Wheel}}
*{{ItemLink|Composter|mc=yes}}
*{{ItemLink|Train Station}}
*{{ItemLink|Jukebox|mc=yes}}
*{{ItemLink|Campfire|mc=yes}}
*{{ItemLink|Soul Campfire|mc=yes}}
*{{ItemLink|Respawn Anchor|mc=yes}}
=== Behavior ===
The Mechanical Arm's behavior can be adjusted in the [[Value Settings Screen]] accessed from the side of the block.
*Round Robin - The Mechanical Arm will take from and deposit to available inventories in the order they were selected in.
*Forced Round Robin - The same function as Round Robin, but the Mechanical Arm will not move items until the next inventory in order of selection is available.
*Prefer First - The Mechanical Arm will always take from and deposit to the first available inventory in order of selection.

The Mechanical Arm can be disabled with {{MC|Redstone}}. Before stopping, it will deposit any item it is holding.
===[[Filter]]ing===
The arm itself cannot be [[Filter]]ed, but will respect the [[Filter]]s on selected blocks such as [[Brass Funnel]]s while sorting. The arm will not pick up items it cannot deposit elsewhere.