Connectors can provide visual enhancement to both scenes and layouts. Typically, connectors are included when you create a hierarchy layout or a chart, such as an XY chart.
The Connectors palette of the Palette Manager provides several line connectors and a single Connection Point object.
The three line connectors, Straight Connector, Elbow Connector, and Spline Connector, provide distinct graphical differences in your layout or scene designs but do not affect the underlying mathematical or logical relationships between data points in the layout.
The Connection Point object specifies where each data point in a hierarchy connects to its parent element. To override the default connection point for a layout, you can insert a Connection Point object into a data template or change its location. For example, you can change the appearance of an organization chart by replacing the elbow connector with a spline connector.