De-activating auto connection of lines? 1

[bdn2004]

I'm using Visio 2007... I'm putting lines around certain items to form a rectangle, polygon, whatever. Even though I use individual lines Visio always auto connects the lines and makes it into a contiguous shape. Helpful sometimes, annoying most of the time. I usually need to bump one of the lines out slightly to fit more stuff in and you can't do it.

Is there a way to defeat this feature? I've tried some of the options in the various menus, nothing seems to work. Or is there a different way to draw that won't act this way?

This would be similar to EXPLODING a polyline in AutoCad.

 

[CajunCenturion]

You might want to play with the "Snap and Glue" settings.
From the menu Tools->Snap and Glue

Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[bdn2004]

Thanks Cajun,

But that didn't work, I turned the Snap and the Glue off...still does it.

Is there no way to "EXPLODE" in Visio?

 

[IRstuff]

Don't think so. It treats the shape as a unitary shape, as opposed to a grouped shape.

TTFN

FAQ731-376

 

[pstuckey]

If the line segment is not selected Visio won't join it with the next segment. So you can draw one segment, click anywhere on blank space to de-select that segment, then draw the next, and so on.

Peter

 

[bdn2004]

Thanks Peter!! That works.