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Visio: drawing a line of a specific length
How do I draw a line of a specific length such as a site survey dimension. eg
170.75 ft without Visio snapping to the nearest foot? -- sbruce1021 |
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Visio: drawing a line of a specific length
Go to menu bar View and open up the size and position window. Draw a
line, then, with the line still selected, entire the desired value in the length box. Then, if you desire, right click the line to bring up the context menu Format Protection and lock the width. (Technically, a line has no height, since it is a 1-D shape.) HTH Wapperdude "sbruce1021" wrote: How do I draw a line of a specific length such as a site survey dimension. eg 170.75 ft without Visio snapping to the nearest foot? -- sbruce1021 |
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Visio: drawing a line of a specific length
If you lock the line length, you can still rotate it thru the size and
position window (and change it's length.) To fully lock the line, you will need to open it's shapesheet, then scroll down to the Protection section, and set the entry for LockVtxEdit to "1" (without the quotes0 Wapperdude "WapperDude" wrote: Go to menu bar View and open up the size and position window. Draw a line, then, with the line still selected, entire the desired value in the length box. Then, if you desire, right click the line to bring up the context menu Format Protection and lock the width. (Technically, a line has no height, since it is a 1-D shape.) HTH Wapperdude "sbruce1021" wrote: How do I draw a line of a specific length such as a site survey dimension. eg 170.75 ft without Visio snapping to the nearest foot? -- sbruce1021 |
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