It works, so it is good, I always say. An alternative would be to create a shape to do the same. You have the shape for a connection point (the single dot), this one would complement it nicely a crossing connection.
To tell the truth, I gave up on making custom shapes because I don't have the background necessary to do it in a timely manner. As an alternative to the palettes I create symbols out of the primitives, group them, then copy them to another DIAgram. I use the other diagram as a palette from which I copy and paste. I can imagine a nested group to do what you have done. I attached an explanation. Mike 2009/1/5 waldbauernbub <[email protected]> > in technical drawings it is common practise to break lines when they > cross each other on the drawing (no connection between these lines). I > found a solution to achieve this in dia, too: > > First draw the line which should be continuous. Place an arbitrary shape > (I prefer the arrows out of the civil-sheet, but it doesn't matter) on > the supposed intersection and connect the second line to that shape and > from that shape to it's destination. > Then change the colour of the shape which is on the intersection to your > background colour and change the alignment of that shape (objects -> > CTRL+B "move back"), I am using the german translation and I am not sure > about the command "move back", but I am sure you will get it. > In the attachment 2 pictures: > 1. screenshot of dia -> you can see blue connection point at the > intersections, but no shape (as it is white) > 2. the result: a detail of my power-station diagram. > > My solution may not be the best, if you got better ideas please let me > know. > > waldbauernbub > > > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > > -- Michael E. Ross ArcAngle Design | MX Automation | Solco US ================================= Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Machine & Product Design - SolidWorks Data Acquisition & Control - LabVIEW Finite Element Analysis - Cosmos 217 Valley Creek Drive Clayton, NC 27520 (919) 631-1451 (919) 550-2430 [email protected] ==============================
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