Connection Magnets

Connection magnets are used to control where lines connect to shapes. Lines that are connected to shapes that have no magnets point towards the center of the shape. With magnets, the connection gravitates towards the nearest magnet as the shape is moved, resized, or rotated. A line that is connected directly to a magnet will stay connected to that point on the shape no matter how the shape is modified. Placing a magnet inside the border of a shape can be an effective way to spread out multiple connections while keeping them in the same general area. Magnets are associated with specific graphics in your document, not with types of shapes. If the shape of a graphic is changed, its magnets remain the same. To change the magnets on a graphic, select a graphic that has the magnet configuration that you want and choose Copy Magnets from the Format->Connection Magnets menu. Pasting magnets on a shape replaces that shape's magnets. You can also control the placement of magnets on a shape using the Magnets inspector.