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AV Engineering Diagrams with Symbol Logic ECAV

November 2, 2021 By Visio Guy 9 Comments

Today I’m sharing info about some of the companies that I do custom work for. If you’re interested in using Visio to create system integrator design and engineering drawings, then you’ll want to continue reading!

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Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, AV Equipment, Shapes, Tools, Visio 2016 Tagged With: plan view, products, rack diagram, schematic, system integrator

Visio Penrose Tile Shapes

October 2, 2020 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

I watched an interesting video about Penrose Patterns on Veritasium’s YouTube page this morning. It inspired me to create this fun Visio diagram!

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Filed Under: Beyond Visio, Drawings, Drawings & Templates, Illustration, Shapes Tagged With: Fun, Geometry, Theory

Draw the Virus with Boolean Operations!

April 16, 2020 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

I wanted to share some tips about using Visio’s Boolean operations, and came up with this topical subject to do it!

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Filed Under: Development, Illustration, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Visio 2016 Tagged With: boolean, Combining, Combining Shapes, Creating Shapes, Drawing Shapes, fragment, Join, Union Shapes

Salesforce Schema Builder-style ERD Shapes

March 31, 2020 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

I’ve been working on a modified version of Visio’s built-in ERD shapes. They have a fresh look and streamlined features. I think you’ll like them!

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Filed Under: Data, Power User, Shapes, Templates, Visio 2016, Visio Content Tagged With: Database, Entity Relationship Diagrams, ERD

Ordered List Shapes

March 30, 2020 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

I frequently have the need to get text into separate boxes in Visio. And often I need those boxes to have some sort of incremented series, such as 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C. I’ve built some SmartShapes to help ease my pain, and I’m sharing them with you today!

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Templates, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Download, free, Increment, Series, ShapeSheet, SmartShapes

Extreme Scales in Visio

March 27, 2020 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

Since we’re all stuck inside, I recently decided to go exploring. No, not outside, but to the outer reaches of Visio scaled drawings!

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Filed Under: Development, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Space Planning, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Measured Drawings, Scale

Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!

March 23, 2020 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

I just found a great video that showcases a new feature where Visio organization charts are automatically built and updated within Excel, using Excel data! [Read more…] about Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!

Filed Under: Power User, Video, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Data Visualizer, Excel, Office 365, SharePoint, Visio Online

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

Radial List Shape

August 29, 2019 By Visio Guy 8 Comments

 

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Visio list shapes are pretty cool, but they only work in straight lines. I’ve attempted to make a list shape that allows you to place and reorder items around a circle. It’s a bit of a hack, but it works!

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Business Diagrams, Circle, List Containers, Lists, Radial

Visio 2010 Videos Resurface!

February 18, 2019 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

 

The 41 companion videos for my book Using Microsoft Visio 2010 have secured a new lease on life, and are now freely available to all!

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Filed Under: Resources, Video, Visio 2010 Tagged With: How To, Videos

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