Adding Connection node to shapes

[2ndThermoLaw]

Hello all,

I basically would like a rectangle box (such as process block) with connection nodes along the edges. At the bottom edge (or one of the edges), as opposed to a single connection node (as is the case with process block/shape), I would like to separate connection nodes.

This is so that two links are not joining at the same node. How could I do this in visio?

please note that I have had no sleep in the past 48 hours, and finding a little difficult to communicate.. so what i wrote might not make a lot of sense

 

[IRstuff]

The standard rectangular box already comes with 4 connector nodes located at the midpoint of each edge.

If that's still not enough, the "Standard" toolbar has a connection point tool, located under the connection tool in Visio 2000. Selecting the connection point and selecting the shape allows you to left mouse button move connection nodes. <ctrl>-LMB allows you to add connection points to a shape. For a quickie change, this is it.

For a more formalized change, right mouse click a shape and "Show Shape Sheet" The "Connection Points" worksheet shows all the existing connection points, Right-click a row and you can insert additional rows and formulaically insert new connection points. Connection points inserted this way behave algorithmically correct when a shape is scaled.

TTFN