Set the direction and clear the output
Rotate with Interact during preparation. Aim the yellow arrow at an adjacent portionable food such as Pizza or Soup. The Portioner takes a portion onto itself, so it needs room to receive that result.
For Pizza, place the full food on the surface in front of the arrow, then use an exit Grabber to remove each portion. An incompatible item already on the Portioner, or an occupied exit, can pause portioning just before completion.
It can combine a portion with an item already on itself, such as adding a slice of Bread to a Serving Board. Some toppings in Pots use a special arrangement: the topping Pot is on the Portioner and food behind it receives the topping. Do not assume every pot interaction has the standard source-in-front arrangement.
Add water and supported source ingredients
Point the Portioner at a Sink that provides water, then put Flour or a suitable empty Pot on the Portioner. Water is added to that item.
After 1.4.3, old Combiner interactions with Sinks, Milk Steamers and Ice Dispensers use Portioners instead.
From 1.5, it can pull and combine directly from an ingredient source, for example adding Tortilla from its provider to a Taco Tray on the Portioner. This does not make a loose ingredient already removed onto a Counter a valid provider for the same combination ability.
Full bins and transport interactions
A Portioner pointed at a full Bin can remove the garbage bag onto itself. Connect an appropriate final disposal route; an old bag left on the output prevents another removal.
A Portioner acting on portionable food on a Grabber can affect when that Grabber moves it, because ordinary Grabbers wait for an active process. Check the portioning and transport order; use a Smart Grabber when a specific completed state must leave.
Portioner and Combiner blueprints can cycle into one another. The Portioner generally takes from the front to itself; the Combiner applies its own ingredient to the target in front. Direction and recipe compatibility still matter.
References
- Turning Up The Heat — PlateUp! 1.5Turning Up The Heat — PlateUp! 1.5