Archimate - Application Layer Line Jump Issue

[pkerrison]

Hi all,

I've just started using EA, but have used several similar tools in the past.  Having drawn my first diagram this morning - I've come across 3 issues that I'm sure others have come across too.

I'd appreciate any pointers to workarounds or fixes.   I'm using EA 10.0.1008 (DB version 4.01) on Windows 7 64 bit.  My diagram is an "Archimate 2.0 - application layer diagram"

1.) When drawing "Used By" connectors that cross other connectors - no "hoop" is displayed.  I have the tick box in tools > options > diagram > Enable Connector Line Jumps ticked and other lines display the hoop - just not "Used By" ones.  Is this intentional?  If so, why?

2.) When printing, it always prints 2 pages rather than 1 (and my diagram easily fits on one page).  Even if I start a new diagram, it still wants to print 2 pages.

3.) Sometimes, when I select a component on my diagram, the "Used By" connectors that touch that component change and invert with a line going to the centre of the component.  I'm not sure why selecting the component would change the connectors but this is particularly annoying if I need to do a "select all" to shift the entire diagram as I then have to spend 10 minutes re-selecting each of the connectors in turn.

Any help, gratefully received

Thanks

[Eve]

1. At a guess it's because the Archimate profile uses a customized drawing (via a shape script) and EA can't calculate the jumps in any reliable way in this circumstance.

2. There was an issue discussed recently on the forum about connector labels causing extra space on the right side. It was noted that this was fixed in version 11. Could your issue be the same?

3. I'm not entirely sure what you're describing here, but I remember an issue that was fixed in 11 that sounds similar.

[pkerrison]

Thanks for your quick reply

For point 1 - do you know if there's any plans to fix that?  I've just read up on shape scripts and it doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere.

I'll wait until version 11 then for points 2 and 3

Cheers

[Nizam Mohamed]

W.r.t your point 3,
changing the "Used By" connector line style to "Direct" instead of the default style will workaround this issue (jumping to the center).

[pkerrison]

Thanks Nizam - that appears to work for me.  The "Direct" style are a little trickier to get in the right place and have a bit of a life of their own - but the formatting is sorted.

Thanks again