Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide - Manual (Page 242)

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Reroute a Connector Path
When you move a symbol, its Connectors shift automatically to stay
connected to the moved symbol and avoid overlapping other symbols in
the display. Connectors can overlap each other.
If a drawing becomes complex, you can request that all Connectors be
rerouted by clicking the Reroute button. If you select specific Connectors
and click Reroute, only those Connectors are rerouted. Connectors
crossing each other may be unavoidable but should be minimized. Do not
move Connectors manually.
The object avoidance feature in FactoryTalk Historian ProcessBook can
either ignore or take Connectors into account when looking for the shortest
path from the source to a destination. This behavior is controlled by the
ConnectorsAvoidConnectors setting in the ProcBook.ini (page
315).
Object avoidance does not occur after you drag and drop a Connector’s line
segment. If you modify the position of a Connector manually, the center point and
end points on the Connector change from green to red, indicating that automatic
object avoidance is turned off and you are responsible for all further updates to
that Connector.
Rerouting can consume significant system resources (CPU and Memory) to
solve complex problems. Factors that can increase complexity include:
 A very large display.
 Large numbers of Connectors on a single display.
 Large numbers of symbols to be avoided.
 A high number of "Lines per Screen Unit" (set in "Arrange", "Grid
Size…", "Lines per Screen Unit" - 1 equals the largest cell size; 30
gives the smallest cell size).
 Routing multiple displays on the same PC.