shapes glued together

[ben h]

Hard to describe, hope this explains it:

Imagine 4 (or more or less) rectangle shapes - like long columns in a
table - that are 'joined' together so that their overall width is fixed,
but within the overall width, you can widen or make narrower each
column. As you do so, the others re-size accordingly and evenly to
accommodate and maintain the overall fixed width. I guess I mean that
each rectangle keeps at least a minimum width. How can I achieve this?

The best approximation I can do at the moment is having a single
rectangle, inside of which are several vertical lines imitating internal
rectangles. Each line can be moved of course, but individually, and
having no effect on the others.

Any help greatly appreciated!

 

[JuneTheSecond]

I think you can.
Use shapesheet and make good use of control points.
But the practice you shall do might be complicated.
I recommend you to start analysing the shapes in Visio,
and read the Visio developers manual at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa200943(office.10).aspx

 

[ben h]

I recommend you to start analysing the shapes in Visio,
and read the Visio developers manual at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa200943(office.10).aspx

Thanks 06/02, I will.

Though, I was hoping someone may be able to give me a headstart from
their experience. Has anyone any pointers? A starter for $10?

ben

 

[Joe Mako]

ben,

1. select "Rectangle Tool"
2. draw rectangle on page
3. right-click drawn rectangle
select "Show ShapeSheet"
4. in ShapeSheet window,
a. right-click in blank area away from tables
select "Insert Section..."
b. check the box for "Geometry", and click "OK"
(this will add a Geometry table in the ShapeSheet, do this two more
times so you will see "Geometry 4")
c. in the "Geometry 2" table change the cell values as follows (without
quotes):
(MoveTo,X): "Width*.25"
(LineTo,X): "Width*.25"
(LineTo,Y): "Width*.1"
d. in the "Geometry 3" table change the cell values as follows (without
quotes):
(MoveTo,X): "Width*.5"
(LineTo,X): "Width*.5"
(LineTo,Y): "Width*.1"
e. in the "Geometry 4" table change the cell values as follows (without
quotes):
(MoveTo,X): "Width*.75"
(LineTo,X): "Width*.75"
(LineTo,Y): "Width*.1"
f. close the shapesheet window
6. you will now see that as you resize the rectangle, the subdivisions
change accordingly

I don't know if I fully understood what you were asking for, please
elaborate if I misunderstood.

Best Regards,
Joe Mako