Re: Bus Object

John Oram <[email protected]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:48:16 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.graphics.omnigraffle.user
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I've been asking for perpendicular line connectors for 8 years.  =
(Tangential connectors would be nice too.)

And "cable ties" / "conduits".  Oh, my kingdom for a cable tie!

And while I'm at it, smart parallelograms (stretch shape in one axis, =
but theinternal angles stay constant).

-j

On 2010-07-08, at 8:58 AM, Alan Hawrylyshen wrote:

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> On Jul 7, 2010, at 22:46, Gary Fowler wrote:
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>> I would like to purchase omnigraffle, but the lack of a bus object is =
a deal
>> breaker for me.
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>> Are there any plans to implement support for bus objects?
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>> This object type is essential for diagramming networks; specifically
>> creating layer 3 diagrams.
>> You might recognize Visio's main network Bus object as the horizontal =
pipe
>> with vertical line connectors.
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> I think this isn't about the object form as much as it is behavior.
> If you extend a bus, it will not move the connected components =
proportionally -- as happens now.
> Can this behaviour be changed? If so, how? That would make me stop =
using mscgen and other ugly tools for my MSC / network diagrams :-)
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> Alan
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