Visio

References

• Visio Stencils for UML / SysML

Tips

Tips from SoftwareStencils

From VisioUML2.2Tips.pdf (from [1])

• Click Tools, Snap & Glue and place check marks in the Glue and Shape Vertices check boxes.  

Restore styles in Visio 2010

• Enable Developer Mode. See http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/visio-help/what-happened-to-styles-HA010215441.aspx.

Apparently this only enables themes in Visio 2010, styles are still hidden

• Add styles button by customizing the ribbon (from Commands not in the Ribbon).

New features

Auto-size

See [2]

Troubleshoot

Can't see eccentricity handles on arc shape

Problem — According to MS help, if you click on the control point of an arc with the pencil tool, while holding the CTRL key, you will see the arc's eccentricity handles.

Solution ([3]) — Resize the height or width or the shape with the pointer tool (CTRL+1), the re-select the bow point with the pencil tool. The eccentricity handles should appear.

Solution 2 — Open the ShapeSheet, find the EllipticalArcTo corresponding to the segment, and change the value in the D column (set 1 or so).