Drawing a curve

I'm assuming you're going to do this free-hand, and not by an equation. The
principles are fairly basic, using either the line, curve, pencil tool or
combinations of the two.

The easiest thing to do is a straight line with the line tool. Draw an st
line. Now select the pencil tool. You'll notice there is a control point
showing in the middle of the line. Grab and drag the control point with the
pencil. Viola! A curve. More specifically, an arc of a circle.

Now, just use the pencil. You can draw a straight line or a curved line.
For both, there will be control points to move about.

Basically, that's it.

Here are some helpful links:
Drawing arcs:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/vi...100650421033#1

Draw a closed shape:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/vi...CH101568861033

Creating new shapes:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...ffice.10).aspx.

Training: Introduction to shapes (video presentation):
http://office.microsoft.com/training...RC101324601033

HTH
Wapperdude


Do the same with the curve tool. Draw a simple arc. Switch to the pencil.
Now click the control point. Two more control handles should appear. These
control the curvature. You can move them about, in and out, and the curve
will change with them. The main control point can be dragged about too.

"Dave" wrote:

I am trying to draw a curve, specifically a curve similar to what would
result from the graph of x cubed or tan x. I am using Vision 2003.

I cannot find adequate help on this topic. I search for how to use the
pencil and freeform tools but there is nothing relevant.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to use these tools?

Or perhaps more sepcifically, how to add a control point (not connetction
point) to the line I create with the pencil or freeform tool?

I am trying to draw a curve, specifically a curve similar to what would
result from the graph of x cubed or tan x. I am using Vision 2003.

I cannot find adequate help on this topic. I search for how to use the
pencil and freeform tools but there is nothing relevant.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to use these tools?

Or perhaps more sepcifically, how to add a control point (not connetction
point) to the line I create with the pencil or freeform tool?

Hmmm. Part of my text became displaced. See below my name in the 1st post
about the curve tool.




"WapperDude" wrote:

I'm assuming you're going to do this free-hand, and not by an equation. The
principles are fairly basic, using either the line, curve, pencil tool or
combinations of the two.

The easiest thing to do is a straight line with the line tool. Draw an st
line. Now select the pencil tool. You'll notice there is a control point
showing in the middle of the line. Grab and drag the control point with the
pencil. Viola! A curve. More specifically, an arc of a circle.

Now, just use the pencil. You can draw a straight line or a curved line.
For both, there will be control points to move about.

Basically, that's it.

Here are some helpful links:
Drawing arcs:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/vi...100650421033#1

Draw a closed shape:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/vi...CH101568861033

Creating new shapes:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...ffice.10).aspx.

Training: Introduction to shapes (video presentation):
http://office.microsoft.com/training...RC101324601033

HTH
Wapperdude


Do the same with the curve tool. Draw a simple arc. Switch to the pencil.
Now click the control point. Two more control handles should appear. These
control the curvature. You can move them about, in and out, and the curve
will change with them. The main control point can be dragged about too.

"Dave" wrote:

I am trying to draw a curve, specifically a curve similar to what would
result from the graph of x cubed or tan x. I am using Vision 2003.

I cannot find adequate help on this topic. I search for how to use the
pencil and freeform tools but there is nothing relevant.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to use these tools?

Or perhaps more sepcifically, how to add a control point (not connetction
point) to the line I create with the pencil or freeform tool?

Hi Dave,

This might help - it's an approximation, but will look like what you need:

1. Draw a tall ellipse
2. Draw two lines forming a cross, centered on the ellipse
3. Select all three shapes
4. Choose: Shape Operations Trim
No you should have 12 line/curve segments
5. Delete all but the two ellipse segments from the lower-left and top-right
6. Select these two segments
7. Choose: Shape Operations Join

You've got x^3!


--
Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


Visio Guy: Smart Graphics for Visual People

Articles: http://www.visguy.com
Shapes: http://www.visguy.com/shapes
Dev: http://www.visguy.com/category/development/
Forum: http://www.viguy.com/vgforum

Dave wrote:
I am trying to draw a curve, specifically a curve similar to what would
result from the graph of x cubed or tan x. I am using Vision 2003.

I cannot find adequate help on this topic. I search for how to use the
pencil and freeform tools but there is nothing relevant.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to use these tools?

Or perhaps more sepcifically, how to add a control point (not connetction
point) to the line I create with the pencil or freeform tool?

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:43:42 -0700, "Dave"
wrote:

I am trying to draw a curve, specifically a curve similar to what would
result from the graph of x cubed or tan x. I am using Vision 2003.

I cannot find adequate help on this topic. I search for how to use the
pencil and freeform tools but there is nothing relevant.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to use these tools?

Or perhaps more sepcifically, how to add a control point (not connetction
point) to the line I create with the pencil or freeform tool?


You know, sometimes I wonder why I respond to some questions, I may as
well not bother for all the response I get from my replies.


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

Rhetorical questions don't normally get answers, but, Paul, inspite of few
responses, you do help -- you help me, and usually I'm not the initial post.
I'm trying to figure out why I didn't think of doing Chris' elipse
trick--after all, who's the engineer by trade?

Wapperdude



"Paul Herber" wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:43:42 -0700, "Dave"
wrote:

I am trying to draw a curve, specifically a curve similar to what would
result from the graph of x cubed or tan x. I am using Vision 2003.

I cannot find adequate help on this topic. I search for how to use the
pencil and freeform tools but there is nothing relevant.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to use these tools?

Or perhaps more sepcifically, how to add a control point (not connetction
point) to the line I create with the pencil or freeform tool?


You know, sometimes I wonder why I respond to some questions, I may as
well not bother for all the response I get from my replies.


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

Oh, that's clever. Wish I'd thought of that!!!

Wapperdude



"Chris Roth [Visio MVP]" wrote:

Hi Dave,

This might help - it's an approximation, but will look like what you need:

1. Draw a tall ellipse
2. Draw two lines forming a cross, centered on the ellipse
3. Select all three shapes
4. Choose: Shape Operations Trim
No you should have 12 line/curve segments
5. Delete all but the two ellipse segments from the lower-left and top-right
6. Select these two segments
7. Choose: Shape Operations Join

You've got x^3!


--
Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


Visio Guy: Smart Graphics for Visual People

Articles: http://www.visguy.com
Shapes: http://www.visguy.com/shapes
Dev: http://www.visguy.com/category/development/
Forum: http://www.viguy.com/vgforum

Dave wrote:
I am trying to draw a curve, specifically a curve similar to what would
result from the graph of x cubed or tan x. I am using Vision 2003.

I cannot find adequate help on this topic. I search for how to use the
pencil and freeform tools but there is nothing relevant.

Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to use these tools?

Or perhaps more sepcifically, how to add a control point (not connetction
point) to the line I create with the pencil or freeform tool?

"Paul Herber" wrote in message
ell.net...

You know, sometimes I wonder why I respond to some questions, I may as
well not bother for all the response I get from my replies.

Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/


Join the club. That unfortunately, is the nature of newsgroup, though some
times it is not the intention of the OP. The OP may be away, is just trying
to digest the answer before responding or after trying the solution, can not
find the response to reply to. (I have been guilty of the last one). Just
take comfort in the knowledge that you are helping, both the OP and the
lurkers. The occassion "thank you" does cancel out quite a few ignored
posts.

John... Visio MVP

Are you expecting a reply to this?



"John... Visio MVP" wrote:

"Paul Herber" wrote in message
ell.net...

You know, sometimes I wonder why I respond to some questions, I may as
well not bother for all the response I get from my replies.

Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/


Join the club. That unfortunately, is the nature of newsgroup, though some
times it is not the intention of the OP. The OP may be away, is just trying
to digest the answer before responding or after trying the solution, can not
find the response to reply to. (I have been guilty of the last one). Just
take comfort in the knowledge that you are helping, both the OP and the
lurkers. The occassion "thank you" does cancel out quite a few ignored
posts.

John... Visio MVP

I don't think attachments come thru on this site. If there's interest,
perhaps the OP will request an email addy to fetch the attachment.

OK. You have me beat, I'm just an EE, but I bet I have you beat on
longetivity!!! Still going, since 1970.



"John... Visio MVP" wrote:

"WapperDude" wrote in message
...
Rhetorical questions don't normally get answers, but, Paul, inspite of few
responses, you do help -- you help me, and usually I'm not the initial
post.
I'm trying to figure out why I didn't think of doing Chris' elipse
trick--after all, who's the engineer by trade?

Wapperdude

That would be me? (Civil and electronic)

One other trick that Chris posted on his blog was the use of EvalCell. You
can create a shapesheet that uses EvalCell. If you need to change the
function, it is a matter of changing the formula in one cell.

There was no reply to the suggestion of using the new Educational shapes,
but since the OP mentioned Visio 2003 and may have felt that he could not
use those shapes. So, I have converted one of the Visio 2007 drawings to a
Visio 2002 stencil (that is the same as Visio 2003) and have attached it.

John... Visio MVP