In OmniGraffle, lines connect to the centerpoint of an object — unless you add magnets.
Adding magnets is pretty easy. Here’s what to do:
Your shape now looks something like this, with five magnets on each side.
That’s a lot of magnets!
I would like to find a timeline template/tool, that would allow me to specify the bounds of the timeline, and have it show the bounds and graduations along the line (in years, months, days, depending on the extents of the line). (I can do it all in Visio) on the Mac platform, and OmniGraffle Pro. Office Timeline was one of the best finds in my career. As a program manager interacting with senior leaders, I found it challenging to provide simple PowerPoint visuals of complicated projects. Office Timeline does exactly that. It is easy to use, saves me time and produces professional looking timelines.
That’s probably even *enough* magnets. But what if it’s not?
Let’s say you want ten magnets per side. You already have five. Do this:
Now you have ten.
That’s the tip: if you hold down the shift key, it adds magnets instead of changing the magnets property.
And you could keep going — it works more than once. Add as many magnets as you need!
Read Adding Magnets to Objects in the OmniGraffle manual for more about why and how to use magnets.