Funnel shape

[plf100]

I'm trying to draw a process that narrows down a number of suppliers at the
top stage to only 1 at the final stage and want to represent this as a
funnel. I cant find any standard Visio shapes that suit - can anyone assist?

Many thanks.

 

[John Goldsmith]

Shapesource.com has a few :
http://www.shapesource.com/scripts/stencils.asp?idStencil=28

or if you just want a simple outline:

1 - Draw a vertical line for the lower tube side (line tool on the
View/Toolbars/Drawing toolbar)
2 - Draw a second angled line for the upper funnel part
3 - You should now have a single shape representing one side
4 - ctrl D to duplicate the shape
5 - ctrl H to flip the duplicated shape
6 - Drag the duplicated shape to the correct side of the original
7 - Select both shapes and click Shape/Operations/Combine
8 - You now have a single funnel shape which you can drag onto the document
stencil (File/Shapes/Show Document Stencil) that you can reuse as you wish.

Best regards

John


John Goldsmith
www.visualSignals.co.uk

 

[plf100]

Really useful thanks John. I had resigned myself to drawing it as you
describe but didnt realise the option was there to combine or save it as a
document stencil.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

An alternate method would be to create a triangle and a thin rectangle.
Align both shapes on their center line and then combine.

John... Visio MVP

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