Visio 2013 - Connector Pathing

Apothe0sis

I think this SHOULD be very simple, but for me, it is not.

Basically, I have two shapes. The second shape is below and to the right of the first shape.

I want to connect to two shapes with a right angled connector.

When I draw the connector Visio insists on making the connect L shaped - that is, it goes down and then right - as opposed to 7 shaped - that is, it goes right and then down.

I have tried a whole range of things, if I just drag the corner then the connector itself becomes detached from the shaped, if I hold control and move it then the corner then the connector stops being a right angle and becomes acute (but the attachment is maintained). If I move the midpoints then it just gets more corners. Rotate shape and flip horizontal have entirely nonsensical effects.

Grobian

Well, part of my job is designing Algorithms that essentially draw connectors so I can tell you that this isn't a simple problem and Visio just does it in a dumb way (note that dumb doesn't mean bad, a smart way has it's own problems)

In Visio 2010 it's definitely possible to get a 7 shaped by dragging the middle points around (with holding shift) It will look very strange in the middle but you actually only need like 4 operations to go from L shape to 7 shape.

Put the connector at the geometry where you want it.


Now hold shift on the left middle point and drag to the right:


Now don't hold shift and drag the middle point upwards:


Again, just drag without shift to remove the corner:


And again, just drag the full right leg to the connecting point:

Apothe0sis

Awesome, thanks, i shall give this a whirl tomorree