How do I create a curved slot?

[eganders]

I have drawn this slot using the pencil tool and the ellipse tool.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/eganders/slot.jpg


I want to remove the portion of the circle in the slot area, but none
of the shape/operation tools in Visio 2000 seem to work. Does anyone
have a suggestion?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Didn't I answer this one?

The drawing contains two lines and two circles. Convert the two lines to a
closed shape by adding lines at the end and using the Join command. Then
select this new shape with the two circles and use te Union command.

John... Visio MVP

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[eganders]

Didn't I answer this one?

The drawing contains two lines and two circles. Convert the two lines to a
closed shape by adding lines at the end and using the Join command. Then
select this new shape with the two circles and use te Union command.

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

Thanks, John

I tried your approach, but it seems that there may be a difference
between Visio 2000 and 2003. After trying your approach (the shape
did not seem to close by using the Join command--could not fill it), I
tried to use fragment (is that in 2003?), and that worked.