Editing Visio Dynamic Connectors

This post is intended as a quick reference for manually editing Dynamic Connectors that I needed for a customer.

In general, Visio does a good job of handling routing using the Dynamic Connector, but occasionally, and depending on the routing style you have applied, some manual adjustment can be required.

Some terms

A quick glossary of the terms involved:

The connector represents a single path that is made up of a number of segments (the above example containing two). Each segment has a vertex at each end, plus a single midpoint.

Download a PDF cheatsheet:

• EditingVisioDynamicConnectors.pdf

Nothing's new

Just as I finished putting the above together I realised that Chris Roth (aka Visio Guy) had got here before me and so do check out his write up on the same subject:

• http://www.visguy.com/2010/04/21/making-bends-in-visios-dynamic-connector/

Also, a couple of other useful links around this topic:

• Visio Docs - Edit connector lines, arrows, or points
• Visio team post - All you need to know about Visio desktop connectors