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Title: divide connected Lines
Post by: turicum80 on November 13, 2017, 01:51:54 PM
Hi guys
I hope I am right here. We have the Visio 2013 in our company. Now my question: If you draw a line and connect a second, you can separate them again, so that you can move the two lines individually?
Thanks for your help.
Title: Re: divide connected Lines
Post by: Paul Herber on November 13, 2017, 02:15:42 PM
Yes, any lines you draw will always stay independent.
Title: Re: divide connected Lines
Post by: wapperdude on November 13, 2017, 03:46:47 PM
To add to Paul's answer, it does depend upon how you "connect".  If you mean merely snapping, then both remain independent. 

If you glue 2nd line to first, then the 2nd line may be moved independently (breaks the gluing), but 2nd line, the glued end point will travel with 1st as long as gluing is intact. 

Then, 3rd case is to join the lines, which if I recall correctly, neither is independent, and everybody moves together.

Wapperdude
Title: Re: divide connected Lines
Post by: Yacine on November 13, 2017, 07:40:34 PM
You guys may also consider connectors being broken by other connectors and repaired after the connection has been removed.
Haven't investigated this actually interesting option yet by myself though.
my 2$/100  ;) .
Title: Re: divide connected Lines
Post by: wapperdude on November 16, 2017, 01:00:22 AM
@Yacine:  not sure I follow this scenario.  Example???
Wapperdude
Title: Re: divide connected Lines
Post by: metuemre on November 16, 2017, 06:12:10 AM
@wapperdude If you have Visio pro, you can try this in Piping and Instrumentation Diagram Template. If you connect a pipeline to another, it is split into two parts and a junction shape is created at break point.

(https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/GTRY1Bb.png)
Title: Re: divide connected Lines
Post by: wapperdude on November 16, 2017, 03:28:43 PM
@Metuemre:  Thanks.  Just have V2007, standard.  May try exploring a little more. DId try the equivalent connector to connector gluing, but did not get a split at the jcn.  Did glue however.

Wapperdude