i am trying to add more connecting points to shapes in graffle example, so far i have computed the connecting points available to the rectangle shape as my app will have only rectangles for now and added them to the array p.
the main thing i can't understand is how to modify the connection main loop to use the connecting points which are closer and are not already used.
the objects are moveable so i guess i would have to change the loop to get the direction of the objects and the closest free connecting nodes available, can some one help me out or guide me how to achieve this?
this is the original graffle code for reference
p = [{x: bb1.x + bb1.width / 2, y: bb1.y - 1},
{x: bb1.x + bb1.width / 2, y: bb1.y + bb1.height + 1},
{x: bb1.x - 1, y: bb1.y + bb1.height / 2},
{x: bb1.x + bb1.width + 1, y: bb1.y + bb1.height / 2},
{x: bb2.x + bb2.width / 2, y: bb2.y - 1},
{x: bb2.x + bb2.width / 2, y: bb2.y + bb2.height + 1},
{x: bb2.x - 1, y: bb2.y + bb2.height / 2},
{x: bb2.x + bb2.width + 1, y: bb2.y + bb2.height / 2}],
d = {}, dis = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
for (var j = 4; j < 8; j++) {
var dx = Math.abs(p[i].x - p[j].x),
dy = Math.abs(p[i].y - p[j].y);
if ((i == j - 4) || (((i != 3 && j != 6) || p[i].x < p[j].x) && ((i != 2 && j != 7) || p[i].x > p[j].x) && ((i != 0 && j != 5) || p[i].y > p[j].y) && ((i != 1 && j != 4) || p[i].y < p[j].y))) {
dis.push(dx + dy);
d[dis[dis.length - 1]] = [i, j];
}
}
}
if (dis.length == 0) {
var res = [0, 4];
} else {
res = d[Math.min.apply(Math, dis)];
}
var x1 = p[res[0]].x,
y1 = p[res[0]].y,
x4 = p[res[1]].x,
y4 = p[res[1]].y;
dx = Math.max(Math.abs(x1 - x4) / 2, 10);
dy = Math.max(Math.abs(y1 - y4) / 2, 10);
var x2 = [x1, x1, x1 - dx, x1 + dx][res[0]].toFixed(3),
y2 = [y1 - dy, y1 + dy, y1, y1][res[0]].toFixed(3),
x3 = [0, 0, 0, 0, x4, x4, x4 - dx, x4 + dx][res[1]].toFixed(3),
y3 = [0, 0, 0, 0, y1 + dy, y1 - dy, y4, y4][res[1]].toFixed(3);
var path = ["M", x1.toFixed(3), y1.toFixed(3), "C", x2, y2, x3, y3, x4.toFixed(3), y4.toFixed(3)].join(",");