• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Visio Guy

Smart graphics for visual people




  • Home
  • Hire Me
    • Hire Me
    • Résumé
  • Products
    • Products
    • Bubble Revision Shape
    • Layers to Pages Utility
    • Rack Unit Dimension Line
    • Radial Elements Tool with up to 100 Wedges
    • Text on a Circle Visio SmartShape
  • Index
    • Articles by Date
    • YouTube – VisioGuy
    • Download Information
    • Suggestion Box
    • Shop
    • Visio Art
    • Visio Links
    • – Visio Shapes & Stencils
    • – Visio Templates & Drawings
  • About
    • About
    • Donate
    • GitHub
    • jsFiddle
    • Reading List
    • Subscribe & Follow
      • – E-mail
      • – facebook
      • – Twitter
      • – RSS
    • Privacy Policy
  • Discussion Forum
You are here: Home / Index / Articles by Date

Articles by Date

Visio Penrose Tile Shapes

October 2, 2020 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

I watched an interesting video about Penrose Patterns on Veritasium’s YouTube page this morning. It inspired me to create this fun Visio diagram!

[Read more…] about Visio Penrose Tile Shapes

Filed Under: Beyond Visio, Drawings, Drawings & Templates, Illustration, Shapes Tagged With: Fun, Geometry, Theory

IKEA KALLAX Visio Elevation View Shape

September 15, 2020 By Visio Guy 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!

[Read more…] about IKEA KALLAX Visio Elevation View Shape

Filed Under: CAD, Front Page, Shapes Tagged With: Furniture, Manufacturer, Shape Library

Moore’s Law Visualization

June 22, 2020 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

An interesting idea for visualizing Moore’s Law came to me today while “watching the internet”. Come in, have a look, and grab the free download, if you want!

[Read more…] about Moore’s Law Visualization

Filed Under: Shapes

Draw the Virus with Boolean Operations!

April 16, 2020 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

I wanted to share some tips about using Visio’s Boolean operations, and came up with this topical subject to do it!

[Read more…] about Draw the Virus with Boolean Operations!

Filed Under: Development, Illustration, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Visio 2016 Tagged With: boolean, Combining, Combining Shapes, Creating Shapes, Drawing Shapes, fragment, Join, Union Shapes

Salesforce Schema Builder-style ERD Shapes

March 31, 2020 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

I’ve been working on a modified version of Visio’s built-in ERD shapes. They have a fresh look and streamlined features. I think you’ll like them!

[Read more…] about Salesforce Schema Builder-style ERD Shapes

Filed Under: Data, Power User, Shapes, Templates, Visio 2016, Visio Content Tagged With: Database, Entity Relationship Diagrams, ERD

Ordered List Shapes

March 30, 2020 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

I frequently have the need to get text into separate boxes in Visio. And often I need those boxes to have some sort of incremented series, such as 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C. I’ve built some SmartShapes to help ease my pain, and I’m sharing them with you today!

[Read more…] about Ordered List Shapes

Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Templates, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Download, free, Increment, Series, ShapeSheet, SmartShapes

Extreme Scales in Visio

March 27, 2020 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

Since we’re all stuck inside, I recently decided to go exploring. No, not outside, but to the outer reaches of Visio scaled drawings!

[Read more…] about Extreme Scales in Visio

Filed Under: Development, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Space Planning, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Measured Drawings, Scale

Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!

March 23, 2020 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

I just found a great video that showcases a new feature where Visio organization charts are automatically built and updated within Excel, using Excel data! [Read more…] about Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!

Filed Under: Power User, Video, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Data Visualizer, Excel, Office 365, SharePoint, Visio Online

Hex Snap & Glue Shapes

September 11, 2019 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

hex-pennies-thumb.pngI’ve created a few Visio SmartShapes that can be easily snapped and glued into hexagonal patterns! Check it out!

[Read more…] about Hex Snap & Glue Shapes

Filed Under: Charts & Graphs, Drawings & Templates, Illustration, Maps & Geography, Shapes, Templates, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: 2D Glue, Glue, Hexagon, Right-Click Actions, Snap, Visio SmartShapes

Radial List Shape

August 29, 2019 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

 

radial-list-thumb.png

Visio list shapes are pretty cool, but they only work in straight lines. I’ve attempted to make a list shape that allows you to place and reorder items around a circle. It’s a bit of a hack, but it works!

[Read more…] about Radial List Shape

Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Business Diagrams, Circle, List Containers, Lists, Radial

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 36
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Buy Über Bubble Revision Shape
Purchase

Categories

Visio Books

  • Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
  • Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation
  • Using Microsoft Visio 2010
  • Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming & Validation
  • Visio 2010 Step by Step
  • Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming & Validation
  • Visio 2013 Step by Step

Books - Development

  • Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
  • Microsoft Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming and Validation
  • Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation
  • Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts, and Code
  • Pro WPF
  • Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed

Buy my book!

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Tag Cloud

A/V Artistic Effects BPM BPMN Code Connectors Control Handles Countries Custom Patterns Custom Properties Data Graphics Data Linking Data Visualization David Edson David Parker Fill Format Formulas Functions Geometry Gradient Images Links Maps Multi-shapes Network Programming Resources Right-Click Actions Scale Shape Data ShapeSheet ShapeSheet Formulas ShapeSheet Functions SharePoint shiny SmartShapes Sport Sports Text Themes Tools Transparency User-defined Cells Visio 2007 Visio SmartShapes

Top Posts & Pages

  • - Visio Shapes & Stencils
  • - Visio Templates & Drawings
  • Amazon AWS Visio Shapes
  • Text to the Bottom of the Shape
  • Free Visio People Shapes
  • Visio Circle Arrows 2013
  • Audio Visual Components Shapes
  • Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!
  • Title Blocks #1: How to Display Existing Document Information
  • Truly "No-Glue-To" Shapes

www.visguy.com - Visio Guy - since 2006