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Visio Wood Grain Fill Pattern
June 8, 2010 – 6:46 am | One Comment | 1969 views
Visio Wood Grain Fill Pattern

One of my customers asked me about wood-grain fill patterns for Visio.
I had thought that Visio shipped with some wood-grain custom patterns, but when I went looking, I didn’t find much.
So…

Draw Tangent Lines in Visio!
July 2, 2009 – 5:02 am | 4 Comments | 6096 views
Draw Tangent Lines in Visio!

What? Visio has a curve-to-curve tangent tool? Find out how to use it in this exciting video.

Title Blocks #1: How to Display Existing Document Information
October 21, 2008 – 11:51 am | 12 Comments | 11122 views
Title Blocks #1: How to Display Existing Document Information

Create more intelligent title block shapes by inserting fields into the text of your Visio shapes that automatically link to information about the document! Your title blocks will be smarter, your drawings completed more quickly, and you’ll spend less time re-keying information!

Go 3D with Free Isometric Piping Shapes for Visio
June 25, 2008 – 7:42 pm | 28 Comments | 33394 views
Go 3D with Free Isometric Piping Shapes for Visio

Learn about a set of shapes for creating 3D-like isometric piping diagrams that you can download for free!

Bubble Revision Shapes
November 4, 2006 – 12:16 pm | 15 Comments | 17280 views
Bubble Revision Shapes

If you use Visio for CAD-like purposes, you might need to make revisions or “AS-BUILT” modifications to your drawings from time to time. Often this is shown by drawing a squiggly cloud, or bubble, around …