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Custom Line Patterns

Stroke-Dasharray Shape for Visio Custom Line Patterns

October 11, 2017 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

Recent adventures with HTML, SVG and CSS have led me to create a new Visio SmartShape that will help you to easily define dash patterns for custom line patterns!

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Custom Line Patterns, Line Patterns, SmartShapes

“Follow the Money” Visio Sankey Diagram

October 26, 2009 By Visio Guy 12 Comments

Follow the Money Sankey Diagram ThumbIf you love Sankey Diagrams like me, you’ll be interested in how one Visio Guy reader created a very sophisticated flow using simple techniques.

He did it all in Visio, and the result is pretty impressive!

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Filed Under: Drawings, Sankey Diagrams Tagged With: Custom, Custom Line Patterns, Custom Patterns

Smart LineWeight: Bigger Shape, Thicker Lines

March 29, 2008 By Visio Guy 12 Comments

Smart LineWeight: Bigger Shape, Thicker LinesRecently we were introduced to the Cisco IP Telephone Shapes, and learned how they could be improved in the article: Making Shapes More Efficient: Using Fewer Shapes & Groups.

Today we’re going to focus on what happens when the Cisco shapes get resized, and discuss a technique for making the lineweight proportional to the size of the shape.

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Filed Under: Development, ShapeSheet Tagged With: A/V, Cisco, Code, Custom Line Patterns, Custom Patterns, ShapeSheet

Release the Power of Visio Custom Line Patterns

March 3, 2008 By Visio Guy 8 Comments

Read Full ArticleIf you have a need to create repeating graphical elements, then learning how to create custom line patterns in Visio is absolutely essential.

Visio custom line patterns offer a power and flexibility that will save time for both your end-users and your solution development effort. And your final product will have a refined and elegant look.

Recently, John Goldsmith of Visual Signals, UK posted two excellent articles about creating custom line patterns in Visio.

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Filed Under: Development, Illustration Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Custom Line Patterns, Custom Patterns, John Goldsmith, random, repeating shapes

Bubble Revision Shapes

November 4, 2006 By Visio Guy 62 Comments

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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 the portion of the drawing that has been modified.

I’ve created three shapes for doing this for you to download.

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Filed Under: CAD, Shapes Tagged With: Bubbles, CAD, Custom Line Patterns, Custom Patterns, Drawing Explorer

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