Connectors in diagrams in background

[rbror]

During the project we have created several large diagrams that are containing several objects. I split them up into some detail diagrams  but I still have the problem that we have to handle a lot of connectors in the diagrams.

Sometimes I would be helpful to bring the connectors into the background. It is possible to move them into the background? I did only find the option to hide all or some connectors.

[qwerty]

No. A connector MUST be in front in order to follow it which is essential. However you can change visibility of connectors via Diagram/Advanced/Visible Relations.

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[rbror]

That is quite bad. I do not want to use two tools. One to build up a model and one such as Visio to create "presentable" diagrams. My Plan B was boundaries, but in that case I would add "wrong" connectors to a model. Aren't there any other possibilities?

[KP]

Does Visio have any visual tricks to distinguish between a single connector that goes behind an element, and a pair of connectors that attach to opposite sides of an element? If you can't differentiate those two cases, you will be creating ambiguous diagrams.

[Modesto Vega]

That is quite bad. I do not want to use two tools. One to build up a model and one such as Visio to create "presentable" diagrams. My Plan B was boundaries, but in that case I would add "wrong" connectors to a model. Aren't there any other possibilities?

I find EA diagrams quite presentable and tend to stay away from Visio, I used it extensively in the past. I'll rather spend more time thinking about design that about about making a diagram look "presentable". Just "presentable" diagrams don't make a good solution.

Without knowing more about the diagram, it is not easy to help. I can fit a diagram with 20 to 30 elements in an A3 landscape without having overlapping lines and just using straight lines. I can probably double that in A0.

[qwerty]

To go on with that: creating wall-papers I found it extremely convenient to use sub-domains on A4 format and assemble them on a larger A-format poster rather than creating a single big one.

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[Modesto Vega]

To go on with that: creating wall-papers I found it extremely convenient to use sub-domains on A4 format and assemble them on a larger A-format poster rather than creating a single big one.

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Fully agree, all detail does not have to be in 1 diagram; it is often best to divide a very large diagram and assemble a larger diagram together as a wallpaper.
To make this task easier I use a "starry skies" orientation: I place the many side of any relationships at the top of the diagram and if I cannot do that I place them on the top left quadrant; but I normally model data.