Having an issue with how nested components are connecting to anchors and being able to select them.
I’ll try my best to explain.
The top line is how I imagine it working but it doesn’t.
The bottom line how it is working but it isn’t a flexible solution.
In the top line, all the anchors are located in a component that contains the outline. In this case the component contains three sets of corresponding anchors and also an #entry anchor.
connect.1 _connect.1
connect.2 _connect.2
connect.3 _connect.3
This is then placed as an isolated component (it is a Smart Component so it can be adjusted at this stage) then it is placed in the final glyph where all the pieces come together. The first square aligns correctly with the corresponding #exit anchor…however, when I place the second square it gives the connection options (#exit, connect.1, connect.2, connect.3) but it doesn’t actually apply it.
In the bottom line, if all the anchors are placed on the glyph that is a component of the outline square then the connections options are available and work in the final glyph…the issue for me though is that it doesn’t make sense to have anchors on a component (smart or static component) because then any adjustment to the component would require manually moving the anchors.
Edit:
Tried a third way of using a single Connect (capital C) to be able select from Connect_1, Connect_2, Connect_3…the also works like the second example but with the same issue of the anchors being on the component glyph.
With Connect naming and anchors + outline…it again shows that the anchor selection options are available but it doesn’t actually change what it is attaching to.
