Stardraw Forums » All Stardraw Products » Stardraw Design/Documentation Applications » Why sometimes cable turns/segment to not dynamically move?InstantForum 2017-1 FinalStardraw Forumshttp://forums.stardraw.com/Stardraw ForumsMon, 06 Apr 2026 17:09:24 GMT20RE: Why sometimes cable turns/segment to not dynamically move?http://forums.stardraw.com/FindPost18583.aspxThe cable segment moves fully with the symbol if the cable segment is exactly horizontal.&nbsp; If only one end of the segment moves it means that the segment is not exactly horizontal, even if it looks like it is; a fraction of a degree off horizontal is enough to cause this behavior.<br/><br/>The best way to ensure the segment is horizontal is to make sure both ends are on gridpoints.<br/><br/>This issue can often be caused by a symbol that is slightly off the grid.&nbsp; This can be corrected by selecting the symbol, then rightclick and choose <strong>Align Origins to Grid</strong>.&nbsp; Assuming the symbol is drawn correctly - Stardraw library symbols will be drawn correctly but we cannot guarantee that your custom symbols of UDPs are - then this will return the IO stubs to gridpoints and all should be well.&nbsp; <br/><br/>Sometimes, though, you may also need to move the other, unconnected end of the segment back onto a gridpoint too.<br/><br/>I hope this helps, and if you have continuing problems please feel free to email the project file to <a href="mailto:techsupport@stardraw.com">techsupport@stardraw.com</a><br/>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:10:45 GMTRob RobinsonRE: Why sometimes cable turns/segment to not dynamically move?http://forums.stardraw.com/FindPost18584.aspxYes - this does appear to be the issue, somehow a small amount of off grid movement has snuck into my layout - thanks again.<br/>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:00:56 GMTAW-RKAVWhy sometimes cable turns/segment to not dynamically move?http://forums.stardraw.com/FindPost18582.aspxHi Again,&nbsp;<br/>I am completing a lot of movement within my layout to determine best presentation, generally this all goes well, however I notice that some cables allow free adjustment to their turns/segment if i move a symbol up and down for example, yet on other occasions&nbsp; the turn/segment&nbsp; junction remain locked to its position and does not move why would this be?<br/><br/>Please see example Video if you can?....<span id="if_insertedNode_1585323723560">[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2pNOOSGs4o[/YouTube]</span>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:00:56 GMTAW-RKAV