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Tag Archives: Ellipse

Visio Ellipse Part 4

So, why the interest in the Ellipse row? I came across a set of symbols that seemed ideal for Visio and some of the shapes had an interesting way of indicating heat settings. A series of dots from one to six. Initially I wanted to do this as a shapesheet segment, so I worked outContinue reading “Visio Ellipse Part 4”

Posted byjohnvisiomvpJuly 20, 2020May 19, 2021Posted inEllipse, Shapes, Shapesheet, VisioTags:Ellipse, Shapesheet, Visio

Visio Ellipse Part 3

Decoupling the ellipse from the shape So, it is easy to create a circle shape and move it around the page, but what is needed to create a circle and move it within a shape? The problem is that the Ellipse row created has cells based on the Height and Width of the containing shape.Continue reading “Visio Ellipse Part 3”

Posted byjohnvisiomvpJuly 17, 2020May 19, 2021Posted inEllipse, Shapes, VisioTags:Ellipse, Shapesheet, Visio1 Comment on Visio Ellipse Part 3

Visio Ellipse Part 2

Rotation So, what happens when a circle rotates? The Geometry row is unchanged, but the shape angle changes and the bounding box is at an angle. To correct the bounding box, you can do Developer > Operations > Union. Now the shape looks the same as before, but if you look at the Ellipse Row,Continue reading “Visio Ellipse Part 2”

Posted byjohnvisiomvpJuly 14, 2020May 19, 2021Posted inEllipse, Microsoft, Shapes, VisioTags:Ellipse, Shapes, Visio

Visio Ellipse Part 1

I needed to create a new shape that was a series of dots, from zero to six. The shape had one property that determined the number of dots. The easy way would be to create a series of circle shapes, group them and control the visibility of each dot from the group shape. I tendContinue reading “Visio Ellipse Part 1”

Posted byjohnvisiomvpJuly 13, 2020May 19, 2021Posted inEllipse, Shapes, Shapesheet, VisioTags:Ellipse, Shapes, Shapesheet, Visio

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