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IKEA KALLAX Visio Elevation View Shape

September 15, 2020 1 Comment

If you need to plan your next furniture rearrangement, this elevation-view, scaled IKEA KALLAX Visio shape might help you get the job done!

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Visio Penrose Tile Shapes

October 2, 2020 1 Comment

Download this free diagram and build your own Penrose tile arrangements, featuring Visio’s 2D snapping feature!

Moore’s Law Visualization

June 22, 2020 3 Comments

I’ve created an interesting visualization of “Moore’s Law” doublings that was inspired by a documentary I saw on YouTube. Read about it, check out the visuals, and download the source Visio file and do whatever you want with it!

Draw the Virus with Boolean Operations!

April 16, 2020 1 Comment

Learn how to build shapes using Visio’s boolean operations. We’ll join, trim, union and combine simple shapes together to form a quick but effective illustration of a Coronavirus. We’ll move shape pins and change their rotation point, and take a quick dive into the ShapeSheet as well. Finally, we’ll destroy the virus with the fragment operation!

Salesforce Schema Builder-style ERD Shapes

March 31, 2020 3 Comments

Download these free Visio ERD shapes that have the look of Salesforce’s Schemabuilder tool. Based upon Microsoft’s orginal “Crow’s Foot DB Notation” shapes, these shapes have nifty new features that should make them quite useful.

Ordered List Shapes

March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Quickly build indexed lists of boxes with these convenient “ordered list shapes”. Set a starting index, and a step, and you’re done!

Recent Articles

Extreme Scales in Visio

March 27, 2020 2 Comments

Join me as I STRESS TEST Visio’s drawing scale features and investigate what happens when you try to fit the Solar System on standard office paper!

Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!

March 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

Learn about the Data Visualizer, where Visio and Excel team up to build auto-updating org charts!

Hex Snap & Glue Shapes

September 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

If you’ve ever needed to snap shapes together in a hexagonal pattern, then you’ve come to the right place!

Radial List Shape

August 29, 2019 3 Comments

Download this innovative set of smart shapes that let you create a list of arc segments that can be easily edited and rearranged!

Visio 2010 Videos Resurface!

February 18, 2019 2 Comments

The 41 companion videos for my book Using Microsoft Visio 2010 have secured a new lease on life, and are now freely available to all!

Word Equation to Visio to SVG

February 1, 2019 1 Comment

Read about my investigation and partial solution for importing Word math equations into Visio, and converting them to a state that they can then be exported to SVG.

Calculator with Log SmartShape

January 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Download this free Calculator SmartShape that can preserve a history of your calculations!

Visio Year Calendar for 2019

December 6, 2018 3 Comments

Download this pre-made year-calendar for 2019. It includes a bunch of pre-made calendars on US- and metric-sized pages! Simple controls allow you to format months, weekdays, weekends and holidays by formatting template day blocks.

Constrain Control Handle to Circle

November 7, 2018 6 Comments

If you’ve ever needed to constrain a Viso SmartShape’s control handle to a circle or other curve, then this article is for you!

Visio Radial Grid v2

October 5, 2018 5 Comments

If you enjoyed the first version of the Visio Radial Grid shape, well I’ve got a new version for your enjoyment and productivity enhancement!

Visio Radial Grid

October 2, 2018 7 Comments

Download this free SmartShape that will help you arrange your shapes in a circular pattern!

World Cup 2018 Bracket and Spreadsheet

June 14, 2018 Leave a Comment

It’s that time of four-year again, when (most of) the world goes nuts over a bunch of guys running around kicking a ball!

Visio 2D, 3D and Virtual Reality

April 27, 2018 Leave a Comment

You will soon be able to use Visio to create 3D scenes that you can walk through using mixed reality hardware!

Link Fields to Subshape Text

February 14, 2018 16 Comments

Learn how to add multiple text blocks to Visio shapes, and to dynamically display data attached to the shapes in the text shapes.

NHL Team Logo Visio Shapes

February 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

Download a set of NHL Visio shapes and learn about Visio’s data-linking features. Or just monitor standings and manage office betting pools graphically, if you’d rather!

Trumpet Valve Fingerings Visio Shape

January 31, 2018 Leave a Comment

Download this Visio SmartShape for illustrating trumpet valve fingerings, and use it to annotate sheet music. You or your students will be playing beautiful music in no time!

Visio 2016 Training Videos

January 31, 2018 2 Comments

I’ve provided detail outlines to this new series of Visio 2016 videos put together by Microsoft. With the outlines, you can jump straight to the videos that interest you!

Amazon AWS Visio Shapes

January 31, 2018 5 Comments

Download my own version of improved Amazon AWS Visio shapes for use in your architecture drawings!

Fuzzy Shadow on Text Oddity

December 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

Visio 2013/16 has wonderful new formatting effects. But how they modify your shapes can be a bit strange. Read about the anomalies, and how to work around the strangeness!

Vector Math Shape: Dot- & Cross Product Fun

November 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

The downloadable Visio shape lets you visually manipulate the points that form a triangle, and see how the numerical data for the vectors that define the triangle change. You can see the vector data, dot-products, cross-products, as well as the area of the triangle defined.

Detect Drawing Units in the ShapeSheet

November 19, 2017 6 Comments

Learn how to create a ShapeSheet formula that can detect the measuring units of a drawing page. Apply this information to create reactive SmartShapes that can behave nicely in both Metric or US-unit environments.

Stroke-Dasharray Shape for Visio Custom Line Patterns

October 11, 2017 3 Comments

Define dash patterns with this clever Visio SmartShape, and use it to easily create your own custom line patterns!

View Visio Files on Android (and Windows Phone)

June 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

If you’ve got an Android or Windows phone, and you receive Visio files via e-mail attachments, there IS a way to view them while you are on the go!

Visio Circle Arrows 2013

December 29, 2016 16 Comments

There’s a new arrows-on-circle Visio SmartShape for you to download. It plays nicely with Visio 2013 and newer versions. Come on in and check it out!

Visio Viewer for iPad (and iPhone)

December 17, 2016 1 Comment

Microsoft has finally released a free Visio Viewer for iOS devices!

Featured Articles

Über Rack Unit Dimension Line

April 19, 2016 5 Comments

Learn about the features and usage of a new shape for labeling rack units on network equipment diagrams. The shape is fully configurable, and can be used to measure and label units of any size and name.

Text on a Circle Visio Shape

May 9, 2014 64 Comments

Many Visio users would like to create graphics with text running around a circle. I’ve come up with a third iteration to solving this problem. This time, you get a single shape, with no need for VBA macro code!

Crayon Visio Network Shapes, Revisited

August 16, 2011 9 Comments

The popular Visio Crayon Network Shapes have been improved and extended. Have a look at what’s new and download the latest and greatest!

Radial Elements Tool

November 5, 2009 24 Comments

Download a tool that allows you to create a circular array of custom tick in seconds!

Automatic Chevron Process Shape

August 4, 2009 59 Comments

If you need a Visio shape that allows you to quickly create a chain of “chevron” arrows for your management presentations, then you have come to the right place! Our Visio SmartShape is jammed full of smart behaviors that save you a ton of time!

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  • How to Build Smart Frames and Bezels #1
    June 15, 2008
    Learn how to parameterize your Visio SmartShapes by using ShapeSheet formulas to control Geometry. In this first article in a series, you'll build a frame shape which maintains a constant border-thickness when the shape is resized! […]
  • Importing Images as Backgrounds for Scaled Drawings
    May 21, 2008
    Learn useful techniques for importing bitmap images and tracing them to create high-quality scaled drawings in Visio. […]
  • Make Your Text Stand Out!
    October 31, 2008
    Make your text stand out with a ShapeSheet formula that chooses a contrasting text-color, based on the fill color of your shape. […]

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Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!

June 21, 2009 15 Comments

Could you use 5000 free Visio network shapes in 192 Visio stencils? Find out where you can get ’em, and search our Mega Table that lists each and every network equipment item!

Word Balloon Visio SmartShape

May 29, 2008 17 Comments

Download this super-smart Word Balloon shape and make your Visio diagrams literally speak to your audience.

Oblique Connectors For Your 3D Diagrams

October 29, 2007 43 Comments

Get a configurable, oblique connector shape that makes attractive, 3D-looking connections to your 3D-looking network shapes, or other isometric drawings!

Free Visio People Shapes

May 20, 2007 43 Comments

Download some new, nicely-shaded people shapes, with add-on hats to boot! Learn how to find other people-related shapes that come with Visio, and discover the mysteries of Whale Boy!

Map of World

April 23, 2007 58 Comments

Download a map of the World, with nicely formatted and labeled shapes.

Audio Visual Components Shapes

December 15, 2006 18 Comments

Download a Visio stencil full of cool av connector- and terminal-shapes for creating audio-visual patch panels.

Circular Multi-arrows

October 9, 2006 111 Comments

Download improved versions of Visio’s Circular Multi-arrow shape, that allow for up to 20 sub-arrows, and offer some neat coloration features.

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