Types of Connectors Available in Visio 2003

Connectors available in Visio are of two types, namely, Dynamic Connector and Line-curve Connector.

Dynamic Connector

When two shapes are connected using a dynamic connector, the shapes can be repositioned anywhere within a diagram and Visio will reroute the connector around the shape while maintaining connections with the two connection points the connecter was originally glued to. See example below.

Certain shapes allow the dynamic connectors to be snapped not to a connection point but to a shape as a whole. When a connector is connected to a shape as a whole, upon repositioning the connected shapes, Visio will relocate the connection so as to take the shortest route between the two connected shapes rather than maintaining the connections at the original connection points.

Line-curve Connectors

These can be used when you want to give the connectors a curved shape the curvature of the line-curve connector can be controlled by dragging the yellow handle along the curve.