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Adjust Connector Line Routing

Use the orange anchor points and blue control points provided for connector line manipulation.

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Written by Laura Berwick
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This article covers the following topics:

  • Relocate End Points and Add Inflection Points (Blue)

  • Relocate Anchor Points (Orange)

  • Adjust Routing Style

  • Adjust How Connectors Anchor to Stencils

Relocate End Points and Add Inflection Points (Blue)

  1. Select the desired connector line on the canvas. Anchor (orange) and control (blue) points will be visible when a connector line is selected.


  2. Click and drag a blue end or start control point away from a connected stencil to disconnect the connector line from the stencil.

  3. Click a selected connector line to add an additional inflection control point. Multiple inflection control points can be added to a connector line.

  4. Click and drag inflection control points to adjust connector line routing.

  5. Double-click added inflection control points to delete them.

Relocate Anchor Points (Orange)

  1. Select the desired connector line on the canvas. Anchor (orange) and control (blue) points will be visible when a connector line is selected.


  2. Click and drag an anchor point within its stencil to change the connection location to a specific location in that stencil.

  3. Double-click an anchor point OR use the set anchor point to center controls to set an anchor point connection location to the exact center of the stencil


  4. Use the set anchor point to border controls to set an anchor point connection location to the position where the connector meets the stencil border


  5. Alternatively, right-click the desired connector line and locate Anchor Start and Anchor End in the context menu and select the desired options, which operate as described above.


Adjust Routing Style

  1. Select the connector line you wish to adjust routing style for and locate the Layout controls in the toolbar or right-hand sidebar



    OR

    Right-click the desired connector line and locate Routing options in the context menu.


  2. Check the Jump Lines control to set a selected connector line to include a jump at intersections with other similarly styled connector lines.


  3. Use the Routing controls to determine whether connector lines are straight, curved, or take right-angled paths between the two stencils they connect.


Adjust How Connector Lines Connect to Stencils

  1. Select the desired connector line on the canvas and locate the Connect Start and Connect End controls among the Layout controls in the toolbar or right-hand sidebar

    OR

    Right-click the desired connector line and locate Connect Start and Connect End in the context menu.


  2. Click the Connect start to anchor point control to display the connector line as connecting to the start anchor point instead of the stencil outline.

  3. Click the Connect end to anchor point control to display the connector line as connecting to the end anchor point instead of the stencil outline.

  4. Click the Connect start to outline or Connect end to outline controls to display the line as connected to the stencil outline instead of its anchor point.

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