Partial Room Shape

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Is there such a thing as a "partial room" shape?

I need to create a detailed floor plan for one area of a building for
a remodeling project. It's a small area with several closets and a
hallway surrounded by large rooms.

I want to show the closets and hallway in detail for the remodeling
work. I would like to show parts of the surrounding rooms for context,
but I don't want to show the entire rooms because that would occupy
95% of the drawing. I just want to show a few feet surrounding the
area in question. I've seen drawings (not Visio) where rooms are show
with jagged edges indicating that they are not shown in their
entirety.

Can I do something like that with Visio?

I know I can draw three walls and leave the 4th side open, but I was
hoping to use a single shape, like the room shape, but with one side
cut away.

Thanks

 

[Randall Arnold]

As far as I've seen, this is not built-in behavior for any version of Visio.
You will have to customize a shape or fudge it to get the result you want.
Visio is more of a diagram tool than architectural layout or illustration
tool, and lacks certain features (like removed views) that you'll find in
those types of programs. However, for diagramming and general layouts, it's
hard to beat!

Randall Arnold