diff --git a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
index f97fb97ec..4eb9009bc 100644
--- a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ void Conductor::segmentsToPath()
 	@param o2 Orientation de la borne 2
 */
 void Conductor::updateConductorPath(const QPointF &p1, Qet::Orientation o1, const QPointF &p2, Qet::Orientation o2) {
-	Q_UNUSED(o1);
-	Q_UNUSED(o2);
-
 	ConductorProfile &conductor_profile = conductor_profiles[currentPathType()];
 
 	Q_ASSERT_X(conductor_profile.segmentsCount(QET::Both) > 1, "Conductor::priv_modifieConductor", "pas de points a modifier");
@@ -252,6 +249,25 @@ void Conductor::updateConductorPath(const QPointF &p1, Qet::Orientation o1, cons
 	qreal h_diff = (qAbs(new_rect.width())  - qAbs(profile_width) ) * getSign(profile_width);
 	qreal v_diff = (qAbs(new_rect.height()) - qAbs(profile_height)) * getSign(profile_height);
 
+	// A profile with no segment of non-zero length along an axis has nowhere
+	// to put a difference along that axis: it would be dropped and the last
+	// point would join the terminal diagonally. Every straight conductor
+	// loaded from a file is like this, as a zero-length segment is saved as
+	// horizontal (bugtracker #105). Generate a new path instead, as when
+	// there is no profile for this path type.
+	const auto can_absorb = [](qreal diff, const QList<ConductorSegmentProfile *> &segments_list) {
+		if (qAbs(diff) <= 0.01) return(true);
+		for (ConductorSegmentProfile *csp : segments_list) {
+			if (csp -> length) return(true);
+		}
+		return(false);
+	};
+	if (!can_absorb(h_diff, conductor_profile.horizontalSegments()) ||
+		!can_absorb(v_diff, conductor_profile.verticalSegments())) {
+		generateConductorPath(p1, o1, p2, o2);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// applique les differences aux segments
 	// apply the differences to the segments
 	QMultiHash<ConductorSegmentProfile *, qreal> segments_lengths;