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Managing glue points
As described above, a glue point is the point of attachment for a
connector to a shape or graphic object. Each shape has a number of
predefined glue points, but it is possible to define new ones as well as
edit them, using the Gluepoints toolbar, shown in Figure 73.
Figure 73: The Glue point toolbar
Use the first tool to insert a new glue point. The next four tools
determine the exit direction of the connector terminating at the glue
point. To maintain the relative position of the glue point when resizing
the object, make sure that the Glue point relative icon (highlighted in
Figure 73) is selected. Deselecting the Glue point relative icon
enables the next six icons of the toolbar; use these to fix the position of
the gluepoint during the resizing of the object. Hover the mouse over
the buttons to obtain a tooltip giving a short description of its function.
To delete a custom glue point, select it with the mouse and press the
Delete
key.
Setting custom glue points is particularly useful where multiple
connectors terminate on the same side of a shape or where the default
glue point position is not satisfactory.
To move a predefined or newly inserted glue point:
1) Select the glue point tool from the drawing toolbar (see Figure
71).
2) Click on the glue point you want to move. The glue point should
now be highlighted.
3) Keep the mouse button pressed and drag the glue point to the
desired position. Release the mouse button.
Tip
Glue points are placed by default on the grid (see the section
“Alignment using the grid and snap guides“ on page 115 for
information), however it is sometimes required to fine tune the
position of the glue point depending on the shape. To do this,
keep the
Control
key pressed while dragging the glue point to
the new position.
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