+1I’m trying to make network diagrams. The ethernet symbol doesn’t let you make it longer. Only larger while maintaining aspect ratio. This is maddening. Is there a workaround or fix? I either need a tiny little ethernet symbol or a giant one that’s longer.
Thanks!
Best answer by alison cheney
Hi
I’m sorry you’re having trouble with this but I’m happy to help. Unfortunately there is no option to adjust the length of the lines directly on the ethernet symbol in Lucidchart. If you are using an icon from the Network Infrastructure library, it is likely an SVG that won't stretch or scale proportionally.
Here is the best workaround we recommend: (see screenshots attached)
Create the Main Line
Add the Node "Circles"
Group the Shape
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
+4Hi
I’m sorry you’re having trouble with this but I’m happy to help. Unfortunately there is no option to adjust the length of the lines directly on the ethernet symbol in Lucidchart. If you are using an icon from the Network Infrastructure library, it is likely an SVG that won't stretch or scale proportionally.
Here is the best workaround we recommend: (see screenshots attached)
Create the Main Line
Add the Node "Circles"
Group the Shape
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
+1Thank you for an interesting work around. I’m confident that I’ll use that in this instance.
Just my .02 since I see you’re on the Lucid team… We have been pushed to Lucid from Visio and while Lucid does a lot of things really well, It’s my experience thus far that some basic things (Like the inability to expand the Network icon) got missed for basic diagramming.
It’s particularly interesting that you made the differentiation between icon and shape where everything was pretty much a shape in Visio.
I’m still learning but hope I can save what I create per your steps as a custom shape which I can reuse.
+4Hi
I’ve attached a short Gif demonstrating how to drag your Ethernet shape directly into your Saved Shapes library for quick access in the future. For additional guidance on organizing your workspace, please refer to this article on adding custom shapes to your library.
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