Muchos gracias!! 20 years of using Visio for home renovation planning and I could never figure out how to get consistent dimension lines. 20 minutes spent with your tuto and I'm now an architect!! My builders are impressed. You have great teaching skills. Thanks a lot.

good job bro!

hello iam using visio 2007, how i can link data shapes of spredsheet?

How to create database from object shape ?

How to display the layer of object which import from .dxf file ?

Here's two tips to view the Shape Data Sets panel, inspired by @ericgelders Method 1: - Right-click in the Shape Data panel and click "Shape Data Sets..." Method 2: 1. Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar (bar of small shortcut icons at the top of the window) 2. Choose "Customize Quick Access Toolbar..." 3. In left drop-down, set: Choose commands = "All Commands" 4. Find "Shape Data Sets..." in the list and select it 5. Click the "Add" button in the middle of the form 6. Click OK to exit the pop-up You will now have a button in the Quick Access Toolbar to show the Shape Data Sets panel whenever you need it! Thanks to Eric G!

These videos are still valuable these days, thank you for putting them up here! I like to work with shape data sets, it's very covenient. But I wonder if there is a way to see ALL the shape data sets being used in a Visio drawing, in a list or overview, or maybe a data dump? To get to all the data sets, first you need to dive into the shape, then the shape editor and then edit shape data sets... That's a bit obfuscated IMHO.

Oh, my nerd factor is HIGH. I will check out the links. Thanks man.

Is there a more straightforward way to display 'shape data' directly onto the shape without using the more 'sophisticated data graphics'? So just the text without the graphics?

Just found your page. Awesome work. I need help though... Can you do a video on how to get text to scale with a grouped shape please, please, please!

Hi! I'm working on a visio automation project. My project involves reading data from several excel files and automatically create a complex visio file to organize these data in a visual format. Problem is, some shapes I will need to use are complex, there will be a master shape that contains several other shapes, which in turn will contain other shapes. At this level (so, third level) some information that comes from the excel files needs to be applied. First and Second level should also have their own shape data. To summarize, I'll have: - shape level 1 - master -> shape data set 1 - shape level 2 - sub-shape 1 -> shape data set 2 - shape level 3 - sub-subshape(s) 1 -> shape data set 3 also, the NUMBER of shapes at level 3 must be correlated to a shape data field in level 2. Is it possible to do it, or should I directly focus on a way to simplify this shape ?

Was still useful in Visio 2021!

hi, what about visio 365 plan 2 ? I could follow you until a certain point, but then, I can't find an option to link to stencil shape, rather than to shape in drawing.

Hi, Can yo link animage into a shape using shape sheets

how do you add a yellow handle to a new object though? i've tried going through shape sheet.

I do have fun playing with it myself :)

Any suggestions for kitchen appliances and cupboards so as to build an elevation drawing? Plenty of info on how to do data rack and tech gear elevations.

I have been looking everywhere on how to create a custom arrow head for connector. Other than a half ass wiki from Microsoft I couldn't find anything. And then I found this GOLD!! (Just to support the guy, I will try to buy that book!)

Perfect info. Thanks a lot.

You are sooo manipulative.

Exactly what I needed. Thank you :)

HA HA, dude, try to increase the text size of 270 textboxes simultaneously, while keeping texts inside the shapes so that shapes increase automatically. Saatanan saatana saatana, mulkku suuhun näille typerille neuvojille.

Thank you! This actually just increased my Visio power lol. Good stuff and I appreciate your efforts

How did you copy the text in all the squares at once? Thanks for all your videos, they are extremely helpful.

This is fantastic. Thanks.

how to add pages vertically?

When you copy a foreground page to e.g. Word, the background gets offset with a distance equal to about the paper margins. Are you aware of this and how can you fix this?

I just wanted to rotate the object by 0.5 degrees, couldn't find the solution unfortunately. :(

jesus christ i spent hours looking for this info. thanks mate

Thankyou, great video, I'm using Visio pro 2019 and the dimensions units differ from page settings I've gone through different settings and there seems to be a bug.

So many 'advanced' Visio KZbin videos and the amount I learned here alone is staggering in comparison. Great content.

How would you Change text in a rectangle shape? Open;Close

Hi, thank you, very useful content! Can you add a new record to the database through visio?

I had a built in data table show up in the Shape Data window every time I place shape on Visio and the contents of that window suddenly disappeared. What happened?????

How do you click on a shape and get the square footage??

thank you

I copied multiple shape datas without realizing they had link data, and now when I double click a shape it has 2 or 3 shape data sets. Is there a way to fix it easily, or is manual the only option?

As simple as pie. Pie to the 100,000th decimal, that is. ;) Thanks.

Thank you for sharing this valuable information. Would you have any suggestions on how should one plan a large visio layout involving 100+ components ? For example, if we have a complex IT infrastructure diagram consisting of 80+ servers which network components . We can definetly take the help of Dynamic grid, data linking, zoom/pan, and document stencils but I still struggle on how to layout and then manage that artifact. Any inputs are welcome.

I came here for guidance on how to add glue points to shapes ... which I didn't get but I learnt other useful tricks and I'm glad I bumped into it!

How to veiw 3D view in Visio 2010??

Visio shows blank values just fine. Do you want the row to disappear when it has no data? How will you add data then? If you know the ShapeSheet, you can hide fields with something like this: Prop.Row_1.Invisible = (LEN(Prop.Row_1)=0)

You know what drives me crazy? How Visio can’t handle simply not displaying a BLANK field when a row has empty data.

Very helpful! How would you display the shape data on the shape? For example the wattage centered in the bulb?

Great video! The one thing I was looking for however, I did not find. I am creating three dimensions from one baseline using "Vertical outside". I am having difficulty aligning the three dimensions to the same base point. I think this may be due to the lines overlapping. To rectify this, I tried using the "Vertical baseline" shape, however, after I set my first dimension, moving the yellow node for the second dimension accomplishes nothing other than moving the little yellow square--No second line appears. I'm using Visio Professional 2013. Thank you for any suggestions you can offer. I would also like to say I love this video because you speak clearly and to the point, and you don't have distracting background "noise". Many thanks!

Hello Mr.Visio. I was hoping you could shed some light regarding shapes, and how they become disproportionate and wonky once you zoom out. Even though they're originally all on the same straight line.

Thanks a lot for this informative video.

@2:36 - "Visio heals this..." - how can I prevent it from healing? healing changes the sizes of the walls and so it turns into a very frustrating situation, having to spend hours to keep the size of the wall. It's a simple concept, just want to place 2 walls, perpendicular to each other, and I want to govern the location and size, but, leave it to Microsoft to make a simple function be so complicated and hard to find a solution to. I shut down all the Visual Aids option, but still, not solving my problem. Any ideas?

Thank you very much. I am starting to use Visio software, coming from AutoCAD. This video was very insightful--even past the titular concept of "shape handles". I was able to watch this at work, on my lunch break, with Closed Captioning. I am going to Subscribe (both to show my appreciation and to be on the look out for a video which covers configuration of the Glue and Snap settings:). Again: Thank you!

How do you get it to work in Firefox or Edge? I did everything and it only shows as a pic in those browsers. Any advice?