Configuring Bridges in Diagrams
Bridges can help you improve the readability of diagrams when several lines cross each other. Those lines can be drawing lines, links, sequences, etc.
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Style of bridge option value
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Icon in the diagram toolbar
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Appearance in the diagram
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Disabled
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Semi-circle
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Empty space
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Rectangular
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Lines created in a diagram are associated by default to the style of bridge configured in the user options at the time the diagram was created. However, you can define a style specific to a diagram. See Modifying the appearance of bridges in a diagram
Parameterizing the default appearance of bridges
To modify the default appearance of bridges in diagrams:
1. Access user options.
2. In user options, select Diagrams/Edit Shapes.
The option Style of bridges enables you to specify how bridges display by default in the application.
Modifying the appearance of bridges in a diagram
You can modify the style of bridges applied by default in diagrams or modify the style of a specific bridge.
To modify the default appearance of bridges a diagram:
In a diagram toolbar, click the 
icon and select a type of bridge.This style applies to new bridges created in the diagram.
To change the bridge of a specific line:
Select the line you are interested in and select a type of bridge.You may apply a different bridge style to each line of the diagram.