How many of you remember waaay back to Visio 2000, when you could manipulate the type and direction of connection points via nifty UI handles? Well, that functionality was removed from Visio, but I’ve created a free tool that will give it back to you! Using a custom master shape and Visual Basic for Applications code, you can quickly get your 2D connection points in order!
ShapeSheet
Counting Geometry Sections
David Parker from over at bVisual stole the Viso Freak Crown with this newsgroup post a few days ago. His answer solves the problem of how to count the number Geometry Sections in the ShapeSheet, and it uses a really loooooooong ShapeSheet formula!
Casting Units in Visio’s ShapeSheet
If you work with different systems of units, you may have a need to convert ShapeSheet values to different units, without changing values. But when you Show Values in the ShapeSheet how can you specify exactly which units to use?
The Hidden World of Visio Shapes
So you’ve created beautiful graphics in Visio, and you know how to add phantasmal ShapeSheet smarts to your shapes, now its time for you to make it all disappear! I often get asked how to toggle the visibility of various elements of Visio drawings, and I usually offer up one of many solutions. But I don’t think that those many solutions have ever been cataloged in a single place. Until, of course, now…