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
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
Many Visio users discover how to insert fields into the text of Visio shapes to display data contained in Shape Data fields. But they become frustrated when they add multiple text blocks to grouped shapes, as the process becomes more tricky. Let’s take a look at how to do this!
NHL Team Logo Visio Shapes
If you like hockey or are interested in Visio’s data-linking capabilities, then you’ll be interested in these free shapes, and this free article!
Trumpet Valve Fingerings Visio Shape
A recent foray into learning a new instrument spurred the development of a Visio SmartShape that can be used to annotate trumpet valve fingerings on sheet music.
Visio 2016 Training Videos
Microsoft has just released a new set of online training videos for Visio 2016. I’ve created detailed outlines of the course material and provided direct links to pages and modules within their website so you can instantly jump to the content you want to digest!
Amazon AWS Visio Shapes
If you work with Amazon’s AWS services, you’ll likely need to create architecture diagrams to assist in your planning and maintenance. Amazon provides a set of shapes for use with Visio, but I’ve added my touch and provided a new and improved set for you to download!
Fuzzy Shadow on Text Oddity
Visio 2013/16 and newer have added wonderful formatting effects. But how they modify your shapes can be a bit strange. I’ve figured out a few of the odd cases and would like to share my findings with you!
Vector Math Shape: Dot- & Cross Product Fun
If you’re utilizing vector math for your graphics-related projects, this free download might help with your learning and understanding.
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Detect Drawing Units in the ShapeSheet
Detecting the units of a drawing page can be useful for creating reactive SmartShapes that can behave nicely in both Metric or US-unit environments.