Making a shape act like a connector and snap to another shape. Visio

Question

I'm pretty new to Visio but I'm trying to figure how I could possible design a stencil to snap to a connector marker on another stencil/shape.

I have looked into actually editing the connector itself too see how its designed. I'm wondering If I could recreate the Endpoint on a single location for a shape stencil. Which would snap into place on to the designated shape, when a user drags it on to the worksheet.

Would anyone have any ideas or pointers on how I could achieve this?

Answer 1

I found my solution here.

http://visiozone.com/?p=298

Pretty much I had to take a 1D shape (A line) and Adjust the parameters of its boundary box inside the master shape, then group it too get it to act like a 2d shape. After, I could edit the group and add the shape I wanted then. Deleting the line and adjusting the endpoints.

Highly recommend checking the link out. I hope this helps anyone out there with this issue.

I'm not sure why its really difficult to find information on Visio. Being a 19 year old program. Haha.

Answer 2

From your comments and your self-given answer I gather that you actually want to glue a 2-D shape to another 2-D shape. The simplest way to do this is to use outward connection points as described in the "Make a connection point inward, outward, or both" section at the bottom of the Edit connector lines, arrows, or points Visio support page:

Use inward and outward connection points to control how to attract connector endpoints on shapes.

1. Select the shape.

2. On the Home tab, in the Tools group, click the Connection Point tool Button image.

3. If connection points are not visible, on the View tab, in the Visual Aids group, select the Connection Points check box.

4. If you want an outward or inward & outward connection point, right-click the connection point and click:

   • Inward [...]
   • Outward - If you have a 2-D shape that you want to glue to another shape, you want an outward connection point. An outward connection point is attracted to inward connection points.
   • Inward & Outward [...]