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Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

JamalNUMAN — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:43:54 GMT

Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

For example, connections in model builder in ArcMap are straight, however, in ArcGIS Pro, they are not. Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

This request might appear minor but I wanted to check with the experts if this is still possible in ArcGIS Pro

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

ShitijMehta — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:42:42 GMT

Hi Jamal,

We use a third party diagramming package and currently they have a bug/gap with links and routing. We are working with them and are hoping that we cal accommodate all types of routing such as straight line and orthogonal in the upcoming releases. Sorry for this current limitation.

Thanks!

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

robertkalasek — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:51:02 GMT

the current implementation of the "auto routing" is really annoying ! and (what is even worse) produces confusing layouts !

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

ShitijMehta — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:04:42 GMT

robert kalasek

Yes, we are working on giving users the control to choose the routing. We will resolve this soon

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:13:39 GMT

in Pro at least the latest version... you are supposed to be able to modify the properties of the connectors

http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/analysis/geoprocessing/modelbuilder/diagram-and-display-properties.htm

unless there is a bug

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

ShitijMehta — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:18:09 GMT

You can add segment nodes by simply clicking on the connector lines, but you still do not have the choice to choose a type of routing. Plus existing issues with the diagramming package prevents us from giving that control or avoid auto route currently. We are working to get these issues resolved.

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

robertkalasek — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:20:20 GMT

thx for the information - but just have a look at this auto-layouting result within my model. it would take ages to clean it from those uggly connector-layout manually ....

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

ShitijMehta — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:23:53 GMT

Does AutoLayout work for you? It will change the layout, but optimism the links.

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

robertkalasek — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:24:31 GMT

... i would be pleased to just have a "non-auto-route" mode working. like it used to be in arcgis desktop ... if somebody needs a fancy route design, he/she is free to spend hours of adding/moving nodes on it. but having to spend hours for removing auto-route-results doesn't make any sense to me

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:32:15 GMT

So in summary, it appears to be possible to change the links.... but there should be the option to toggle off the 'auto' mode

sounds like an https://community.esri.com/community/arcgis-ideas?sr=search&searchId=42a8d66c-b650-44a4-9732-56121410d9f1&searchIndex=0‌ or maybe it is there already

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

robertkalasek — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:02:25 GMT

well, i guess that's not an very revolutionary idea to implement a non-automatic-at-all-mode and set that mode to default.... actually i would assume that keeping things that simple would help to avoid a bunch of trouble and thus to release energy that could be investet more efficiently ... e.g. in an improved Copy-Paste behaviour for model nodes ...

but yes - that option would help avoiding a lot of detoured connectors and thus keeping the model-graph easy to "read".

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

JamalNUMAN — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:01:06 GMT

This appears not to be fixed even in 2.3

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:35:38 GMT

It appears to be by design, I couldn't find an idea posted and it technically isn't broken

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

ShitijMehta — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:00:33 GMT

Hi Jamal,

If you click on the Auto Layout Button it makes the lines straight while working with the model. Currently, the links routes are not saved with the model. However, we do have an open issue to preserve the link shapes on saving a model. Sorry, for the inconvenience it is causing, but we are working to fix the issue.

Thanks!

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

JamalNUMAN — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:57:08 GMT

Many thanks Shitij for the update.

I hope that we will never be losing any tools\functionalities\behavior\properties as we migrate from ArcMap to Pro

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

ShitijMehta — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:10:39 GMT

Hi Jamal,

No, you will not loose any tools or behaviors in ModelBuilder as you move to Pro. The only thing missing is Export to Python functionality that existed in 10x and till some version of Pro, but is currently not included in Pro's latest release. In fact, we have added new functionalities such as:

Logical tools,
Searching for model elements in a model,
Filtering elements based on a flag in a model (the filter icon next to search box in the model view),
Searching and adding tools in model directly by typing the tool name,
Diagram (layout and routing options)
Batch processing/models
Besides ModelBuilder in particular we have added many great tools and capabilities in Geoprocessing.

Please do try these new capabilities in ArcGIS Pro. If you, or any one on this thread have ideas or need for any functionality in ModelBuilder that is missing, please do share it with us. We are listening.

Thanks!

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

JamalNUMAN — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:11:22 GMT

I tried it in Pro 2.5 and appears to work fine. Not sure if this is due to enhancement!

Re: Is there a way to have “straight” connections in model builder in ArcGIS Pro?

ShitijMehta — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:05:08 GMT

Hello Jamal,

Yes, we fixed the straight line issue. We still have a few things with links which depend on the third party library fix. We are listening to all of you