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Hex Snap & Glue Shapes

September 11, 2019 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

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

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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

Visio Circle Arrows 2013

December 29, 2016 By Visio Guy 22 Comments

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!

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Arrows, arrows on circle, Control Handles, Multi-shapes, Right-Click Actions, SmartShapes

Visio Keep Calm Template

September 6, 2012 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

You might have seen this poster around town, on the internet, or decorating a colleague’s belly. More likely you’ve seen a humorous variation–it seems to have developed into quite the meme as of late.

Maybe you have your own funny ideas, but have dreaded futzing with MS Paint to realize them? Well Keep Calm and Read On. It just got simpler!

[Read more…] about Visio Keep Calm Template

Filed Under: Humor, Illustration, Templates Tagged With: Right-Click Actions, Signs, Text

Visio SmartFace

April 7, 2011 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

Visio People Shapes are very popular on this web site, and I just found an excuse to create some more!

Through the magic of Facebook and Twitter, I stumbled upon an interesting video from a very creative guy named Austin Kleon.

In the video, he shows us How to Draw Faces, using a humorously mathematical approach.

The technique translated quite well into a Visio SmartShape, which you can download here and use to add feeling and emotion to your diagrams!

[Read more…] about Visio SmartFace

Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes Tagged With: People, Right-Click Actions, SmartShapes, Visio SmartShapes

3D Beveled Button Visio Smart Shape

April 22, 2010 By Visio Guy 6 Comments

Need a sophisticated 3D button shape for your Visio presentations?

Whether you need to indicate buttons, highlights, important notes, corrections, status lights, or just cool visuals, this highly-capable Visio SmartShape will make your Visio diagrams pop off the page!

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Filed Under: Flowcharting, Shapes, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Control Handles, Right-Click Actions

Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010

February 9, 2010 By Visio Guy 72 Comments

A feature lacking in Visio, like for-EVER, is the ability to align text along a connector’s path.

Now, Visio 2010’s new ShapeSheet functions and capabilities finally deliver.

Today we’ll show-off the cool new connector that I’ve developed for you, and get a very light technical explanation as to how it works!

[Read more…] about Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010

Filed Under: Shapes, ShapeSheet, Visio 2010 Tagged With: Right-Click Actions, ShapeSheet, SmartShapes, Visio Connectors

Automatic Chevron Process Shape

August 4, 2009 By Visio Guy 61 Comments

automatic-chevron-process-shapeIf 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!

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Filed Under: Featured Articles, Shapes Tagged With: Auto Colors, Fill Format, Quick Text, repeating shapes, Right-Click Actions, SmartShapes

DIP Switch Shapes Gone Wild!

February 28, 2009 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

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Recently in the Visio Guy Newsgroups, user Ziorg77 submitted a wonderful Visio SmartShape of a DIP switch, where you could toggle each of the eight switches individually.

This led to a flurry of discussion, and several more user-submitted versions of the shape.

Each version had a unique interaction style that provided an opportunity for a fascinating comparison of Visio shape behavior and user interaction.

You can see all the shapes in action in a video I’ve prepared, and–even better–you can download these free Visio shapes at the end of this article.

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Filed Under: Electrical & Electronic, Video Tagged With: Right-Click Actions, Shape Data, SmartShapes

Super Mask Visio Clipping Shape

November 28, 2008 By Visio Guy 12 Comments

Do you ever have the need to highlight just a portion of a diagram?

Perhaps you want to discuss a certain part of the graphic, and just want to see specific details without being distracted by the rest of the diagram?

In a recent thread in the Visio Guy Forums, folks were talking about how to clip or mask a circular region of a Visio drawing.

The resulting discussion–and mini shape-design contest that spontaneously erupted–resulted in today’s article, complete with a free SmartShape for you to download!

[Read more…] about Super Mask Visio Clipping Shape

Filed Under: Illustration, Power User, Shapes Tagged With: Control Handles, Right-Click Actions, Transparency

Visio Multi-shapes

November 10, 2008 By Visio Guy 9 Comments

A great feature of Visio SmartShapes is multi-shape capability.

With multi-shapes, you can quickly modify how Visio shapes look via the context menu or shape data fields.

This represents not only a time-savings to users creating drawings and diagrams, but also simplifies the design and maintenance of stencil libraries for solution developers.

So yes, multi-shapes are cool, and they are a big part of what makes Visio cool.

If you haven’t yet run into them, read on to get a better idea of what multi-shapes can do for you!

[Read more…] about Visio Multi-shapes

Filed Under: Power User, Shapes Tagged With: Multi-shapes, Right-Click Actions, Shape Data, Smart Tags

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