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Amazon AWS Visio Shapes

Amazon AWS Visio Shapes

January 31, 2018 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

Download my own version of improved Amazon AWS Visio shapes for use in your architecture drawings!

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Über Rack Unit Dimension Line

Über Rack Unit Dimension Line

April 19, 2016 3 Comments ()

Learn about the features and usage of a new shape for labeling rack units on network equipment diagrams. The shape is fully configurable, and can be used to measure and label units of any size and name.

Crayon Visio Network Shapes, Revisited

Crayon Visio Network Shapes, Revisited

August 16, 2011 4 Comments ()

The popular Visio Crayon Network Shapes have been improved and extended. Have a look at what’s new and download the latest and greatest!

Radial Elements Tool

Radial Elements Tool

November 5, 2009 22 Comments ()

Download a tool that allows you to create a circular array of custom tick in seconds!

Automatic Chevron Process Shape

Automatic Chevron Process Shape

August 4, 2009 57 Comments ()

If you need a Visio shape that allows you to quickly create a chain of “chevron” arrows for your management presentations, then you have come to the right place! Our Visio SmartShape is jammed full of smart behaviors that save you a ton of time!

Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!

Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!

June 21, 2009 15 Comments ()

Could you use 5000 free Visio network shapes in 192 Visio stencils? Find out where you can get ’em, and search our Mega Table that lists each and every network equipment item!

Word Balloon Visio SmartShape

Word Balloon Visio SmartShape

May 29, 2008 19 Comments ()

Download this super-smart Word Balloon shape and make your Visio diagrams literally speak to your audience.

Oblique Connectors For Your 3D Diagrams

Oblique Connectors For Your 3D Diagrams

October 29, 2007 43 Comments ()

Get a configurable, oblique connector shape that makes attractive, 3D-looking connections to your 3D-looking network shapes, or other isometric drawings!

Free Visio People Shapes

Free Visio People Shapes

May 20, 2007 43 Comments ()

Download some new, nicely-shaded people shapes, with add-on hats to boot! Learn how to find other people-related shapes that come with Visio, and discover the mysteries of Whale Boy!

Map of World

Map of World

April 23, 2007 58 Comments ()

Download a map of the World, with nicely formatted and labeled shapes.

Audio Visual Components Shapes

Audio Visual Components Shapes

December 15, 2006 15 Comments ()

Download a Visio stencil full of cool av connector- and terminal-shapes for creating audio-visual patch panels.

Circular Multi-arrows

Circular Multi-arrows

October 9, 2006 106 Comments ()

Download improved versions of Visio’s Circular Multi-arrow shape, that allow for up to 20 sub-arrows, and offer some neat coloration features.

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Link Fields to Subshape Text

Link Fields to Subshape Text

Learn how to add multiple text blocks to Visio shapes, and to dynamically display data attached to the shapes in the text shapes.

NHL Team Logo Visio Shapes

NHL Team Logo Visio Shapes

Download a set of NHL Visio shapes and learn about Visio’s data-linking features. Or just monitor standings and manage office betting pools graphically, if you’d rather!

Trumpet Valve Fingerings Visio Shape

Trumpet Valve Fingerings Visio Shape

Download this Visio SmartShape for illustrating trumpet valve fingerings, and use it to annotate sheet music. You or your students will be playing beautiful music in no time!

Visio 2016 Training Videos

Visio 2016 Training Videos

I’ve provided detail outlines to this new series of Visio 2016 videos put together by Microsoft. With the outlines, you can jump straight to the videos that interest you!

Amazon AWS Visio Shapes

Amazon AWS Visio Shapes

Download my own version of improved Amazon AWS Visio shapes for use in your architecture drawings!

Fuzzy Shadow on Text Oddity

Fuzzy Shadow on Text Oddity

Visio 2013/16 has wonderful new formatting effects. But how they modify your shapes can be a bit strange. Read about the anomalies, and how to work around the strangeness!

Vector Math Shape: Dot- & Cross Product Fun

Vector Math Shape: Dot- & Cross Product Fun

The downloadable Visio shape lets you visually manipulate the points that form a triangle, and see how the numerical data for the vectors that define the triangle change. You can see the vector data, dot-products, cross-products, as well as the area of the triangle defined.

Detect Drawing Units in the ShapeSheet

Detect Drawing Units in the ShapeSheet

Learn how to create a ShapeSheet formula that can detect the measuring units of a drawing page. Apply this information to create reactive SmartShapes that can behave nicely in both Metric or US-unit environments.

Stroke-Dasharray Shape for Visio Custom Line Patterns

Stroke-Dasharray Shape for Visio Custom Line Patterns

Define dash patterns with this clever Visio SmartShape, and use it to easily create your own custom line patterns!

View Visio Files on Android (and Windows Phone)

View Visio Files on Android (and Windows Phone)

If you’ve got an Android or Windows phone, and you receive Visio files via e-mail attachments, there IS a way to view them while you are on the go!

Visio Circle Arrows 2013

Visio Circle Arrows 2013

There’s a new arrows-on-circle Visio SmartShape for you to download. It plays nicely with Visio 2013 and newer versions. Come on in and check it out!

Visio Viewer for iPad (and iPhone)

Visio Viewer for iPad (and iPhone)

Microsoft has finally released a free Visio Viewer for iOS devices!

Thoughts on Surface Dial and Visio

Thoughts on Surface Dial and Visio

Now that Microsoft has the new Surface Dial on offer, your non-mousehand will have something to fiddle with besides Ctrl + Z! What does it all mean?

Turning Pages in Visio

Turning Pages in Visio

Learn how to navigate pages in Visio documents like a pro!

iPad Viewer for Visio by Nektony

iPad Viewer for Visio by Nektony

If you’ve ever been frustrated by trying to open a Visio attachment while browsing e-mails from your iPad on the couch, then you might be interested in this Visio viewer…for the iPad!

New Book: Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

New Book: Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

There’s a new book on data visualization with Visio. And it is probably as good as its title is long!  

Visio Nerd Videos – For Developers!

Visio Nerd Videos – For Developers!

Watch these videos on Visio developer-related topics to learn how Visio works under-the-hood, and control it programmatically!

Truly “No-Glue-To” Shapes

Truly “No-Glue-To” Shapes

Learn how to create shapes that absolutely will not be glued-to by Visio’s dynamic connectors, and how to workaround an “issue” where the normal procedure fails.

Venn Bubble Diagram Hierarchy Thingamajig Template

Venn Bubble Diagram Hierarchy Thingamajig Template

Download this free template that will help you to create a Venn-inspired, hierarchical bubble diagram using some nifty Visio SmartShapes!

AutoCAD 2013 + Visio 2016 + Webcast July 12

AutoCAD 2013 + Visio 2016 + Webcast July 12

Sign up for a webcast about working adjacently with CAD and Visio 2016, and get the lowdown on the new support for AutoCAD 2013 formats.

Alt > File > Brexit

Alt > File > Brexit

Fellow MVP David Parker from bVisual.net just posted a link to a very topical blog post that he made a few years ago.

UEFA Euro Cup 2016 Visio Diagram

UEFA Euro Cup 2016 Visio Diagram

I’ve made a Visio diagram that will help you track the progress of the UEFA European Cup 2016.

Simple Cabling Shape with Length Reporting

Simple Cabling Shape with Length Reporting

Learn how to create a simple cable shape with any arbitrary path that displays its length, even when changed or edited.

Über Rack Unit Dimension Line

Über Rack Unit Dimension Line

Learn about the features and usage of a new shape for labeling rack units on network equipment diagrams. The shape is fully configurable, and can be used to measure and label units of any size and name.

Word Cloud Area-filling Text Shape

Word Cloud Area-filling Text Shape

Download a clever Visio SmartShape that sizes text to fit rectangles of any dimension!

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