how can I change rectangle hole into round hole

[professionalgeek]

How can I change rectangle hole into a round hole ? there should be a way. I
don't want a rectangular hole but a circular hole in my drawing. Visio should
make it much easier to do this!

 

[Chris Roth [MVP]]

Hi PG,

Not totally sure what you're doing.

Normally when people ask about holes, I start talking about Visio's Boolean
Operations.

Try this:

1. Draw a big square
2. Draw a smaller circle inside the square
3. Select both shapes
4. Choose: Shape > Operations > Combine

You should have a round hole in a square shape. Note that this will destroy
any properties or data that you've added to the original shapes, as it
creates a new shape and destroys the old ones.

Is that what you've been doing? Does this info help?

There's no easy way to change the inner-shape of the hole, but again, the
boolean ops could help:

1. Select your square-circle shape
2. Choose: Shape > Operations > Fragment
You'll have a dougnut and a circle shape
3. Select both shapes
4. Choose: Shape > Operations > Union
You'll be back to a full square
5. Draw a different hole shape inside the square and combine with the square

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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP

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