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Subject:Re: how to draw a moving cable? From:John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> Date:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:09:08 -0400
Isn't this what Visio does?
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:37 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin
<Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Is this possible in Illustrator?
>
> Imagine drawing a computer and several peripheral items,
> like monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, USB cup-warmer...
>
> Draw curvy lines between the proper points (ports) on
> each device to the proper place on the computer, representing
> the connection cables.
>
> [Do magic here]
>
> Drag any of the devices or the computer on your page,
> and any connecting lines (cables) redraw themselves
> so that they remain connected to the computer port
> and to the device.
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