heres the link to the older discussion

hi,

thank you for your reply.
I am setting my diagram with these properties:

With diagram
			.Theme = theme
			.LinkCrossings = LinkCrossings.Arcs
			.LinkShape = LinkShape.Cascading
			.LinkSegments = 3
			.LinkEndsMovable = True
			.DynamicLinks = False
			.LinkHeadShape = Nothing
			.AllowSplitLinks = True
			.AutoSnapLinks = True
			.AllowUnanchoredLinks = False
			.LinkCascadeOrientation = Orientation.Auto
			.SnapToAnchor = SnapToAnchor.OnCreateOrModify
			.AllowSelfLoops = False
			.AllowLinksRepeat = False
			.RouteLinks = False
			.ShapeHandlesStyle = HandlesStyle.HatchFrame
			.ShadowsStyle = ShadowsStyle.None
			.RestrictItemsToBounds = RestrictToBounds.InsideOnly
			.Selection.AllowMultipleSelection = True
			.ActiveItemHandlesStyle.HandlePen = New MindFusion.Drawing.Pen(color.Red)
			.ShapeHandlesStyle = HandlesStyle.HatchFrame
			.Selection.Style = SelectionStyle.SelectionHandles
			.GridSizeX = 1
			.GridSizeY = 1
		End With 

The attached image shows two shapes linked together, with their anchor points at the bottom center. The link line is currently being drawn along the shape's border, whereas I would like the start and to be vertical in this situation.

I am aware that I can set the link start and end orientation in diagram properties to vertical, but there are other cases where I need it to be horizontal. Additionally, I understand that setting RouteLinks to True can help with this issue, but it still doesn't work perfectly when the two shapes are close to each other.

Could you provide any advice on how to better handle this?
Or maybe I'm setting something that should be automated?

Thank you

Hi,

here is the diagram xml file with shapes close to each other and ignoring auto routing when set to True.

I would also like to ask if auto routing can have some exceptions for visioNodes? lets say to auto route when connecting 2 nodes together, but not when dragging a third node and dropping it on of the link line?

thank you

and if you actually want bends to appear between graphics nodes and their label nodes, instead of links going through labels, note that there isn't any empty space between them. You'd have to offset the label nodes to leave space for the links, and possibly reduce allowed bend distances:

foreach (var node in diagram.Nodes)
    if (node.MasterItem != null)
        node.Move(node.Bounds.X, node.Bounds.Y + 10);

var compositeRouter = diagram.LinkRouter as CompositeRouter;
if (compositeRouter != null)
{
    var patternRouter = compositeRouter.Routers[0] as PatternRouter;
    if (patternRouter != null)
    {
        patternRouter.MinimumDistance = 1;
        patternRouter.PreferredDistance = 4;
    }
}

diagram.RouteAllLinks();