Dimension Line Inaccuracy in Visio 2003

[Pat Molloy]

I am using Visio 2003 SP2 with Windows XP. Visio has a habit of re-sizing
dimension lines (Visio calls them "Controller dimensions" to a size other
than what I want. Here's a recent example:

From the "Walls, Doors, & Windows" stencil, I drag the "Controller
Dimension" shape onto the page. It defaults to 8 ft. I want to make it 18 ft.
2 in., so I type that length into the Size & Position window in the "length"
field, using the correct syntax. Visio changes the length of the controller
dimension to 17 ft. 4 in. Again I type "18 ft. 2 in." (exactly like that)
into the length field and press ENTER, but the length stays at 17 ft. 4 in.

Visio won't always make the line 17 ft. 4 in., but it often gets the length
wrong, and usually shorter than what I need.

Any ideas?

This happens A LOT with this application.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I see similar behavior. I'll notify our development team.

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I have not discovered why this isn't working in Visio 2003. My guess is
that the ft-in measurement is getting rounded improperly during internal
calculations. I did verify that the problem has been addressed for Visio
2007.

Meanwhile, you can still type the dimension directly into shape text and get
the correct length.

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Pat Molloy]

Thanks for that follow-up, and I didn't realize that I could type the length
in to the shape text. That's good info to have.