*** Line Jumps visible from different "invisible" layers ***

[madame_butterfly]

Hi,

No one seems to find the answer to the question I have posted here two days
ago!

How to fix line jumps that are displayed from different layers when those
layers are made invisible?

I want to stop one layer showing the line jumps that relate to an invisible
layer's connectors, can this be done??

I am just experimenting with making the lines background at the moment - not
sure if this will work.

Madam Butterfly in a Fluster!!

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

My guess is that Visio's layout and routing engine does not differentiate
between layers. Layers in Visio act more like categories than isolated
containers.

It may be possible to use background pages to accomplish your task. If you
move the shapes on one layer to a different page, you could then designate
that page a background and show it behind the original page. File > Page
Setup > Page Properties lets you configure this.

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[madame_butterfly]

SOLVED >> here is the solution ...

Pre-Condition:
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Layer A - lines that will show no jumps AT ALL, not even to the lines in the
layer itself, so all lines are FLAT and have the "never" selected.

Layer B - lines that already show jumps over their own lines within the
layer (which is OK), AND also show you the line jumps from Layer A (which is
not OK), even though you have selected that/those layers (Layer A) to be
'invisible'.


Solution:
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Do the following in Layer A.

Format > Behavior > Connector > Line Jumps - add - "to neither"


Conclusion:
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Errors that showed up Layer B, remember those random line jumps when there
were no lines there, because you have told Layer A to be invisible? Well now
they are no longer visible, because you have selected the lines within Layer
A "to neither".




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