I work a little bit with VBA, but principaly with excel, I will try with Visio, we will see….

But anyways,

Thanks.

Regards

Pierre

There is some VBA code for arranging shapes in a circular pattern on this site: http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm

Just search for “Polar Array”.

If you are able to work with VBA code, this might help you.

I have another question, is it possible to distribute shape or line in round ?, mean’s to have a good repartition around a circle, like a clock by example ?.

Many thanks

Pierre

Thank you for your reply.

Actually, shortly after I left my comment, I noticed that the sections that I got depended upon whether or not any object was selected. When I had the ball selected, I got the ShapeSheet shown in your tutorial. When I had nothing selected, I got a different ShapeSheet.

Great tutorial. I intend to spend much time studying your website. It is a real contribution to knowledge.

Stanley

Sometimes sections can be hidden, via View > Section in the ShapeSheet window.

Some shapes have sections that others don’t, due to slight differences in shapes. For instance, 1D shapes (like connectors) have a “1-D Transform” section that other shapes don’t have. And groups often don’t have any Geometry sections.

Also, a developer can add User-defined rows, Shape Data fields, Actions (right-click menu items), Smart Tags, Scratch rows, etc. to a shape, which will change the visible sections in the ShapeSheet.

So view options, shape type, and developer-customization can all have an effect on how the ShapeSheet appears.

Cheers,

- Chris

Great website. Great tutorial on fill effects, but I am confused on one point.

When I go to ShapeSheet (I hadn’t even know about this), I get different sections. Sometimes I see protection, and sometimes I don’t. There seem to be more than one type of ShapeSheet.

Thanks.

Stanley