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JohnMcD_NZ

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Connector line order
« on: February 18, 2015, 07:02:58 am »
I'm creating a Deployment Model Diagram.  When I use connectors between packages, the line order is dependent on when each line is created.  For lines that cross each other this results in the line jumps being pretty random.  I want lines that go in the same direction to have the line jumps on top, and the orthogonal ones to be behind.

How I can re-order lines so that the line-jumps are consistent?
I'm a very new learner with UML and EA.  We're using it to document the software structure of our project.

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Re: Connector line order
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 08:28:56 am »
I guess you can't do that directly. The table t_diagramlinks has no sort order for connectors.

It seems that if you change the Z-order the connected elements you can change the order of the connector creation. Those in background get rendered first and others later. So if you put the straight line connected elements in the back it should work. I have tested that only rudimentary. Also note that it is not changed immediately but only after the diagram is re-opened.

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Re: Connector line order
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 09:18:59 am »
There is no way to specify the ordering of connectors. (Z-order of the elements they connect will not do it)