Visio Newbie

[johnfli]

Hello all, this is my first time using Visio for drawing a floor plan and I
have a quick question.

Yesterday, (Using a tape measure) I mapped out the floor plan of an office
my company might be moving into. I wrote everything down in Inches.
Is there a way once I get a room shape kinda close to teh measurements, that
I can manually type in teh length for each wall?
if not in inches, at least in feet.
For example, I have one wall that is 154 inches ( 12.83 ft) Then the next
wall is 242 incehs( 20.1 ft) The opposite wall of the first measurement is
288 inches, third wall 100 inches, then 134 inches, then 142 inches. Yup,
an "L" shapped room starting at teh bottome and working counter clockwise.

If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great.

Thank!!

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Use the Office Floor Plan template and shapes. Go to View > Size & Position
Window to bring up a window for direct entry of dimensions.

 

[Umesh V.G]

Hi John,

For you to change the units, there are two ways you can do it.

1. From the File Menu > Page Setup > Page Properties > Measurement Units
Drop down, select the Feet and Inches
OR
2. a) In Visio 2003, From the Tools Menu > Options > Units > for the
Current Page, Click on Change and that leads you to the same dialogbox that
you used in Point 1 Above.

2. b) in Visio 2002, From the Tools Menu > Options > Regional > Under
Default Units for the Page, select the dimension as Feet and Inches as
required

And as Mark has pointed out, Select the shape to which you would like to
specify the dimension. Then, From the View Menu > select the Size and
Position Window. Here you can type the dimension for the shape.

Thanks and regards,

Umesh V.G
Microsoft Visio Technical Support

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