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Dimension Lines

2-Way Dimension Line (v1)

March 25, 2025 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

I’ve created a variation on a Visio dimension line that let’s you both measure items, as well specify (and lock) how long the dimension line is! Is this a solution in search of a problem?

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Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, CAD, Front Page, Power User, Shapes, Space Planning Tagged With: Architecture, Dimension Lines, Visio SmartShapes

How Big Is My Shape?

April 13, 2008 By Visio Guy 17 Comments

Read Full ArticleWhether you’re a Visio end-user creating measured drawings, or you’re developing a Visio solution with customized Visio shapes, at some point, you’ll want to know how big your shapes are, and how to precisely resize them.

There are several ways to do this, and many of them allow you to edit the data as well. Today’s post offers a run-down of the many ways that you can edit and view the size of your Visio shapes!

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Filed Under: Development, Power User, ShapeSheet Tagged With: Code, Dimension Lines, Scale, Size & Postion

Pixel Unit Dimension Line Shape

February 17, 2008 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

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I found some blog posts about pixel rulers for Visio. It seems that folks wanted to dimension their Visio shapes in pixels, which Visio doesn’t technically support by default.

But for folks who use Visio to do web-layout wireframes, information architecture and storyboarding, pixel-dimensioning is a useful thing to be able to do!

An earlier article on Visio Guy served up the Rack Unit Dimension Line, which can actually be configured to measure shapes in terms of pixels. But to save time, I’ve modified that shape and offered it here, for your pixel-dimensioning enjoyment.

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Filed Under: Shapes, Web Design, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: Custom Properties, Dimension Lines, Images, Scale, Shape Data

Map Distance Dimension Line

July 13, 2007 By Visio Guy 21 Comments

In this article, we share with you a dimension line SmartShape that can be calibrated to a scale on an imported image, and be subsequently used to measure distances in that space.

Since Visio is adept at importing images in a variety of formats, it can be a great time savings to start with an image as a background or basis for a diagram that you wish to produce. There are many scenarios where the imported art represents a scaled drawing, be it a map, a floor plan, or some other architectural drawing. [Read more…] about Map Distance Dimension Line

Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, Maps & Geography, Shapes Tagged With: Dimension Lines, Formulas, Maps, Scale, ShapeSheet, SmartShapes, Tools

Rack Unit Dimension Line

April 1, 2007 By Visio Guy 23 Comments

Many many years ago, when I worked at Visio Corporation, one of my projects was to create the dimension line shapes that you can still find to this day under File > Shapes > Visio Extras > Dimensioning – Architectural or Engineering.

After all the sweat and tears that went in to creating them, I came to affectionately call them: My Babies. In fact, I still claim them as dependants every April 15th, and will soon be searching for a suitable university for them to attend.

So when a forum question appears regarding Visio’s dimension lines, I’m naturally all ears. Recently, someone made an inquiry in the Visio general newsgroup about a dimension line that could display Rack Units…

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Filed Under: Network, Shapes Tagged With: Dimension Lines, Right-Click Actions, SmartShapes, Text

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