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Crossing lines that do not intersect

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:44 pm
by tchiz
I am drawing a wiring block diagram, and I have lines that cross each other, but I want to show that they do not connect. Is this possible?

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:03 am
by andrew
You can break up one line where the two lines cross.

I would probably do it this way:
- draw circle for example with radius 2 at crossing
- use the "break out segment" tool to delete the two segments you don't want (inside the circle)
- delete circle

Crossing lines

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:42 am
by tchiz
No , what I want is to show one of the lines crossing over the other one. I've seen it in drawings represented by one of the lines having a U shape over the other one. I thought this would be a very common tool.

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:25 pm
by armorsmith42
- draw circle for example with radius 2 at crossing
- use the "break out segment" tool to delete the two segments you don't want (inside the circle)
- Delete half of circle, leaving something that looks like one wire jumped over the other one.

Alternately (and easier I think):

adopt the convention that crossing lines do not intersect unless there is a dot or small circle on the intersection. Then, you only need to paste a dot at each intersection, which is only 1 step.

Re: crossing lines

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:49 pm
by tchiz
Yeah, I'm doing the circle, and then deleting.
Thanks

Alternative Colors

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:49 pm
by LinuxThis
Being that electronic/electrical have a lot of circuit lines, would not different color lines be of help?

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:05 am
by tchiz
Thanks, but not if I'm using different colors for certain signal types.