Re: Edge aware center point for custom shapes...

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon freemail ru>]

Greetings, Dan Katz!

> so I'm exploring creating custom shapes, and I have a question about how to
> create center connection points that act the same as for the built-in
> shapes like rectangle, ellipse, etc.

  <connections>
    <point x="0" y="0" main="yes"/>
  </connections>

> center of a built-in rectangle to a built-in circle, the line
> auto-magically moves out to the edges of the rectangle and circle

Only for straight lines, unfortunately :/
The arc will still have it's anchor point at the center, disrupting shape
movements often, unless you force the arc to background.

> (including arrow tips) and follows along the edges as the relative
> locations of the two objects changes.  Is there a way to make the center
> point of my custom shape similarly "edge aware"?

> Thanks

> Dan

> P.S.  I'm pretty sure that "edge aware center point" is not the right name
> for this functionality.  If you can tell me what it's really called, I'd be
> much obliged...

> P.P.S.  Sorry if this is a FAQ.  I did read the project FAQ and search the
> archives of this list, but I didn't find anything quite on point.

Unfortunately, it's not mentioned in FAQ, or documentation...


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon freemail ru) 01.12.2011, <03:27>

Sorry for my terrible english...