8.3 Walls, Windows, and Doors in a Visio 2010 Office Plan

I am the author of the venerable Using Microsoft Visio 2010, from QUE publishing. The original book came with 41 companion videos that are no longer accessible from the publisher's site. This channel was created to share those videos with you.
Even though this content was produced for Visio 2010, many of the topics and techniques still apply to Visio 2013, 2016, 2019, and perhaps beyond. So enjoy! I hope they offer a bit of learning and a bit of entertainment!
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[@FEDAYIdotCOM]

@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?

[@chrisroth2043]

I tried locking a wall's width (length), but that didn't work. What I often do is layout guides (you pull them off of the rulers). I usually use the View > Macros > Add-Ons > Visio Extras > Move Shapes add-on to create copies of guides in the x- and y-directions, at precise offsets. This fits well with measuring a room and quickly "adding the lines according to your measurements". In the add-on, be sure to check the [X] Duplicate check box and click APPLY, not OK (because OK closes the form, then you have to go get it again...ugh). You can quickly lay-out a nice, precise "grid" of guides, then snap walls to that. They shouldn't change length, since the walls will snap/glue to the guides first and foremost.

[@__-pl3jg]

I have the same problem. It's super frustrating and is adding an inordinate amount of time just making sure I can trust whats already been built because I'm constantly concerned dimensions have changed without me noticing. Visio is the worst tool for floorplans.

[@newIslamicworld15]

How to veiw 3D view in Visio 2010??

[@jenniferhuling]

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

[@VisioGuy-UsingVisio]

Look for the "Space" shapes in the Walls, Shell & Structure stencil. They have some built-in area functionality!