how do I insert electrical template in visio?

[Ajmal Godil]

I just loaded visio and I don't see a electrical template in the left column;
how do I insert it so I can easily use R, C, inductors, etc?

 

[Philippe C.]

I guess you are talking about stencils.
In 2003 it would be File, Shapes, Electrical Engineering, one of the stencils
I admit I don't find the bare necessities quickly either. The resistor
symbol Visio has, is not used here.
Visio crash course :
There are templates, stencils, masters and shapes.

 

[Paul Herber]

I guess you are talking about stencils.
In 2003 it would be File, Shapes, Electrical Engineering, one of the stencils
I admit I don't find the bare necessities quickly either. The resistor
symbol Visio has, is not used here.
Visio crash course :
There are templates, stencils, masters and shapes.

Our electrical and electronic stencils have all the international
symbols

http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/
http://www.electrical.sandrila.co.uk/

 

[Paddy]

I just loaded visio and I don't see a electrical template in the left
column; how do I insert it so I can easily use R, C, inductors, etc?

What standards do you use? IEC? DIN? Here in Australia we used IEC,
published under Aust Standard 1102.xxx

Suggestions:

Sandrila (see Paul Herber's reply to you) have good ones readily available.

Or - as I do - I have students creating their own shapes, Stencils and
Templates. Naturally I also create my own.

If you have specific needs, it may be worth while creating your own, or
perhaps ready-made Visio Templates or 3rd Party like Sandrila's.

As a general rule, stencils created in an earlier Visio versions are
compatible with later version Visio, however a stencil created with a later
Visio version may not be compatitble with earlier Visio versions.

For that reason, if creating a Stencil in (say) Visio 2007, it is a good
idea to "Save As" a Visio 2002 Stencil *.vss.

Let us know more specifically what you need.

As to your basic question "how to insert (a template/stencil)", two
answers - you can put them in the default folder for your Visio version or
you can create your own folder and point to it in Visio Tools | Options |
Advanced tab | File Paths ....

Depending on version, the default path could be C:\Program Files\ Microsoft
Office\Visio 12\Solutions ...

Simplest way is to find the default location on your system is simply
"Search" for *.VST and/or *.VSS

Hope that helps

Paddy