Comments on: Visio Tutorial: Advanced Fill Effects http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/09/visio-tutorial-advanced-fill-effects/ Shapes, Stencils, Drawings Templates, Tutorials, Tips & Developer Info for Microsoft Visio Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: visiobeginner http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/09/visio-tutorial-advanced-fill-effects/comment-page-1/#comment-24326 visiobeginner Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:42:43 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3863#comment-24326 I am just learning visio and the advanced fill effects tutorials helped a lot! However, I am drawing a 90 degree, 2D pipe elbow. The shading that I am using for the pipes are color #4, Pattern #29 and pattern color #16. I would like the pattern color to follow the curve of the pipe. I can adjust it by using the Off-center Radial Fill effect, but I can't figure out how to get it to follow the curve. Any help would be appriciated! I am just learning visio and the advanced fill effects tutorials helped a lot! However, I am drawing a 90 degree, 2D pipe elbow. The shading that I am using for the pipes are color #4, Pattern #29 and pattern color #16. I would like the pattern color to follow the curve of the pipe. I can adjust it by using the Off-center Radial Fill effect, but I can’t figure out how to get it to follow the curve. Any help would be appriciated!

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/09/visio-tutorial-advanced-fill-effects/comment-page-1/#comment-23303 Visio Guy Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:27:45 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3863#comment-23303 Hi DSR, There are two different patterns types: old and new. The fancy gradients are newer, and rotate with the shape. The patterns near the top of the list are old (been around since Windows 3.1) and use some sort of bitmap fill. You'll notice they change resolution as you zoom in and out - your shape will get more or less lines as you zoom in or out. I think they all print as gray on printers, which have more dpi than monitors. A third type of fill: custom patterns, built by users will also behave correctly. So you can define your own hatch pattern, and it will rotate properly with the shape. Go to: [b]File > Shapes > Visio Extras[/b] and you'll see bunch of "pattern" stencils. - Custom Line Patterns - Custom Patterns - Scaled - Custom Patterns - Unscaled If you open these stencils, you won't see anything until you go to [b]Format > Line[/b] or [b]Format Fill[/b], and look in the Pattern drop-down lists.These stencils are just containers for sets of custom-defined line and fill patterns. They might only be available with Visio Pro, though. I'm not sure. You can define your own patterns, and you'll find more info in the articles under this tag: <a href="http://www.visguy.com/tag/custom-patterns" rel="nofollow">Visio Guy - Custom Patterns</a> Hi DSR,

There are two different patterns types: old and new. The fancy gradients are newer, and rotate with the shape.

The patterns near the top of the list are old (been around since Windows 3.1) and use some sort of bitmap fill. You’ll notice they change resolution as you zoom in and out – your shape will get more or less lines as you zoom in or out. I think they all print as gray on printers, which have more dpi than monitors.

A third type of fill: custom patterns, built by users will also behave correctly. So you can define your own hatch pattern, and it will rotate properly with the shape.

Go to: [b]File > Shapes > Visio Extras[/b] and you’ll see bunch of “pattern” stencils.

– Custom Line Patterns
– Custom Patterns – Scaled
– Custom Patterns – Unscaled

If you open these stencils, you won’t see anything until you go to [b]Format > Line[/b] or [b]Format Fill[/b], and look in the Pattern drop-down lists.These stencils are just containers for sets of custom-defined line and fill patterns.

They might only be available with Visio Pro, though. I’m not sure.

You can define your own patterns, and you’ll find more info in the articles under this tag:

Visio Guy – Custom Patterns

]]> By: Don Stevens-Rayburn http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/09/visio-tutorial-advanced-fill-effects/comment-page-1/#comment-23302 Don Stevens-Rayburn Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:42:20 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3863#comment-23302 Is there any way of creating a custom fill pattern that rotates with the shape that it is filling? For example, fill a rectangle with equally spaced horizontal lines. Rotate the rectangle by, say, 45 degrees. I want the fill to also rotate by 45 degrees so that they are no longer horizontal. I can't figure out how to do that; can anyone point me in the correct direction? Is there any way of creating a custom fill pattern that rotates with the shape that it is filling? For example, fill a rectangle with equally spaced horizontal lines. Rotate the rectangle by, say, 45 degrees. I want the fill to also rotate by 45 degrees so that they are no longer horizontal. I can’t figure out how to do that; can anyone point me in the correct direction?

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/09/visio-tutorial-advanced-fill-effects/comment-page-1/#comment-23240 Visio Guy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:45 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3863#comment-23240 Hi LM, The only drawback to the second method is that you don't have vector-graphics, just bitmaps. But perhaps it is worth it for cool fill patterns! Hi LM,

The only drawback to the second method is that you don’t have vector-graphics, just bitmaps. But perhaps it is worth it for cool fill patterns!

]]> By: littleman http://www.visguy.com/2009/09/09/visio-tutorial-advanced-fill-effects/comment-page-1/#comment-23237 littleman Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:34:14 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=3863#comment-23237 great skill, thanks! I think the second way is more effective great skill, thanks! I think the second way is more effective

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