hi folks,
I need some help with a curve driven pattern.
I have a path that is generated from a belt feature.
along that path I have made a pattern of tubes and I want to make a similar pattern of bent 'sheetmetal' parts (actually just thin extrusions).
The trouble is that the sheetmetal bits wont pattern correctly for me around the curve.
By some unknown reasoning it picks an insertion point that is - well I'm not sure why its there it just is - and I cant see a way to specify where I would like it to be.
Yes I tried combinig the tube and sheet features as one pattern and its the same issue.
How do I get around this that the bend hooks over the tube all the way around?

hope my explanation is ok - see the pic for a side on view
thanks for any assistance