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January 20th, 2008, 12:18 AM
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sketch lines
any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary
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January 20th, 2008, 12:33 AM
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry
wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Most Recent Stencils http://www.visio-recent-stencils.sandrila.co.uk/
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January 20th, 2008, 12:53 AM
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sketch lines
not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks
"sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Most Recent Stencils http://www.visio-recent-stencils.sandrila.co.uk/
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January 20th, 2008, 01:47 AM
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ah, select the line and then menu Format - Line
then select the pattern you require. On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:02 -0800, larry wrote: not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks "sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
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January 20th, 2008, 03:25 AM
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I guess I'm still not being clear. Well aare of the pattern menu, but there
is no"sketchy" line type. Basically, more of a freehand looking line drawn with a marker. If you were an architect, the sort of line work you do on yellow trace. If your familiar with googles sketchup, you would know exactly waht I mean. "Paul Herber" wrote: ah, select the line and then menu Format - Line then select the pattern you require. On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:02 -0800, larry wrote: not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks "sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
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January 20th, 2008, 08:57 AM
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Hello Larry,
Do you mean something like View / Toolbars / Ink ? Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... I guess I'm still not being clear. Well aare of the pattern menu, but there is no"sketchy" line type. Basically, more of a freehand looking line drawn with a marker. If you were an architect, the sort of line work you do on yellow trace. If your familiar with googles sketchup, you would know exactly waht I mean. "Paul Herber" wrote: ah, select the line and then menu Format - Line then select the pattern you require. On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:02 -0800, larry wrote: not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks "sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
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January 20th, 2008, 01:16 PM
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John, well this is a nice find...but for other things. Was just basically
hoping I could select a line type with a sketchy quality and point to the drawing or items in the drawing and have them take that quality. Almost like a style of drawing - preliminary/hand versus computer hard lined. Larry "John Goldsmith" wrote: Hello Larry, Do you mean something like View / Toolbars / Ink ? Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... I guess I'm still not being clear. Well aare of the pattern menu, but there is no"sketchy" line type. Basically, more of a freehand looking line drawn with a marker. If you were an architect, the sort of line work you do on yellow trace. If your familiar with googles sketchup, you would know exactly waht I mean. "Paul Herber" wrote: ah, select the line and then menu Format - Line then select the pattern you require. On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:02 -0800, larry wrote: not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks "sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
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January 20th, 2008, 03:05 PM
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Hi Larry,
As we're having trouble understanding, could you point to a web link as an example of what you're after? Alas, I'm not an architect  Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... John, well this is a nice find...but for other things. Was just basically hoping I could select a line type with a sketchy quality and point to the drawing or items in the drawing and have them take that quality. Almost like a style of drawing - preliminary/hand versus computer hard lined. Larry "John Goldsmith" wrote: Hello Larry, Do you mean something like View / Toolbars / Ink ? Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... I guess I'm still not being clear. Well aare of the pattern menu, but there is no"sketchy" line type. Basically, more of a freehand looking line drawn with a marker. If you were an architect, the sort of line work you do on yellow trace. If your familiar with googles sketchup, you would know exactly waht I mean. "Paul Herber" wrote: ah, select the line and then menu Format - Line then select the pattern you require. On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:02 -0800, larry wrote: not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks "sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
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January 20th, 2008, 04:10 PM
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not really, what I can do if its possible is just upload or email two images
if you tell me where and how. But again, picture a simple drawing in visio. Lines are crisp, clean, like a cadd drawing. same drawing, same lines, but just change the line quality so it looks more hand drawn - with a marker/felt tip pen...a little waviness, overlap at intersections etc. Larry "John Goldsmith" wrote: Hi Larry, As we're having trouble understanding, could you point to a web link as an example of what you're after? Alas, I'm not an architect Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... John, well this is a nice find...but for other things. Was just basically hoping I could select a line type with a sketchy quality and point to the drawing or items in the drawing and have them take that quality. Almost like a style of drawing - preliminary/hand versus computer hard lined. Larry "John Goldsmith" wrote: Hello Larry, Do you mean something like View / Toolbars / Ink ? Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... I guess I'm still not being clear. Well aare of the pattern menu, but there is no"sketchy" line type. Basically, more of a freehand looking line drawn with a marker. If you were an architect, the sort of line work you do on yellow trace. If your familiar with googles sketchup, you would know exactly waht I mean. "Paul Herber" wrote: ah, select the line and then menu Format - Line then select the pattern you require. On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:02 -0800, larry wrote: not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks "sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
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#10
January 20th, 2008, 04:13 PM
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I understand what he is looking for, but Visio is missing a random property
in the line patterns. Create a line pattern in Visio and it is nice, neat, clean and organized. Larry is looking for a way to change the line pattern so that it has the random pattern of a hand drawn line. There have been times when I have created preliminary sketches and the client has considered them as final drawings and has wasted time concentrating on the details of the line measurements rather than the overall layout of the drawing. Being able to switch the line pattern to a hand drawn one would deemphasis the details and make the overall drawing more important. This line pattern would be handy in being able to differentiated finished portions of a drawing from the preliminary portion. For now I use colour to indicate portions that are to be highlighted (green) or ignored (red). Back in the old days, Cindy L created something, I'll see if I can dig it out of the archives. Another thing to consider is to change the text font, there are many that look like they are hand drawn. John... Visio MVP Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm "John Goldsmith" wrote in message ... Hi Larry, As we're having trouble understanding, could you point to a web link as an example of what you're after? Alas, I'm not an architect Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... John, well this is a nice find...but for other things. Was just basically hoping I could select a line type with a sketchy quality and point to the drawing or items in the drawing and have them take that quality. Almost like a style of drawing - preliminary/hand versus computer hard lined. Larry "John Goldsmith" wrote: Hello Larry, Do you mean something like View / Toolbars / Ink ? Best regards John John Goldsmith www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk www.visualSignals.co.uk "larry" wrote in message ... I guess I'm still not being clear. Well aare of the pattern menu, but there is no"sketchy" line type. Basically, more of a freehand looking line drawn with a marker. If you were an architect, the sort of line work you do on yellow trace. If your familiar with googles sketchup, you would know exactly waht I mean. "Paul Herber" wrote: ah, select the line and then menu Format - Line then select the pattern you require. On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:02 -0800, larry wrote: not exactly what I mean. I'm talking about a line type tool that looks "sketchy". Sort of like drawing with a marker instead of hardlines. Makes it look more preliminary/conceptual. Larry "Paul Herber" wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0800, larry wrote: any way to get a "sketch" line to make your presentation look for preliminary There are a couple of freehand tools on the drawing toolbar. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
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