Visio 2003 and the way Microsoft produce their drawings

[Michael]

Check out the reference diagram.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/techguide/wssra/raguide/LPMSA_4.mspx

I would like to know what technique Microsoft use to produce this diagram. I have tried everything i can and i cannot make the the connectors route on 45 degree angle like they are in this drawing. I have tried page rotation, i can replicate this by drawing lines, but not using connectors. is there someway to rotate the grid to do this. we love the way the diagrams look and would like to replicate this in our work drawings.

Cheers

Michael

 

[David Parker]

It could have been with the Bus connector off the Connectors stencil,
rotated by 45 degrees.

Check out the reference diagram.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/techguide/wssra/raguide/LPMSA_4.mspx

I would like to know what technique Microsoft use to produce this diagram.

I have tried everything i can and i cannot make the the connectors route on
45 degree angle like they are in this drawing. I have tried page rotation,
i can replicate this by drawing lines, but not using connectors. is there
someway to rotate the grid to do this. we love the way the diagrams look
and would like to replicate this in our work drawings.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I have this diagram on the wall in my office. Many of the connecting lines
in the diagram are special connectors like the bus connector. The standard
Dynamic Connector will not route along non-orthogonal angles automatically.
We're very interested in making a diagram as complex as this easier to
construct, so please send along your experiences here.

 

[Al Edlund]

Mark,
How about posting it on the Office/visio site so that others can have the
fun of playing with it.
Al

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Visio is a "new" product to MS, and you will find that that drawing was not
created with Visio.

John... Visio MVP

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Check out the reference diagram.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/techguide/wssra/raguide/LPMSA_4.mspx

I would like to know what technique Microsoft use to produce this diagram.

I have tried everything i can and i cannot make the the connectors route on
45 degree angle like they are in this drawing. I have tried page rotation,
i can replicate this by drawing lines, but not using connectors. is there
someway to rotate the grid to do this. we love the way the diagrams look
and would like to replicate this in our work drawings.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

This content is already published by the MS Server group. I believe the
documents can be accessed through the original link in the thread.

--
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Strange answer. Yes, this is definitely a Visio drawing.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

So where is the stencil for the shapes ;-)

John... Visio MVP

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[Al Edlund]

No fair John, I asked him to post it first.
Al

So where is the stencil for the shapes ;-)

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[michael]

Dont want to kill the debate about "what it was drawn with, but if you
download the Architecture Guide, the diagram is embedded into a word
document as a jpg or sorts so if you guys could "PLEASE" get hold of the
stencil ;-) i think we would all be happy!

Cheers

Check out the reference diagram.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/techguide/wssra/raguide/LPMSA_4.mspx

I would like to know what technique Microsoft use to produce this diagram.

I have tried everything i can and i cannot make the the connectors route on
45 degree angle like they are in this drawing. I have tried page rotation,
i can replicate this by drawing lines, but not using connectors. is there
someway to rotate the grid to do this. we love the way the diagrams look
and would like to replicate this in our work drawings.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

When I first saw these symbols on a diagram more than a year ago, was told
they were not done in Visio. If you ever do get a copy of the drawing as a
Visio drawing, the shapes can be extracted.

John... Visio MVP

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[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I have the CD that the Windows Server team has published with the files, but
I don't know how many people get Windows System Architecture discs. Let me
see if I can figure out how people can get this. I don't think I should be
redistributing that group's property independently.

Almost all the shapes used in that diagram are shipped in the Visio Pro
product. They took advantage of the new 3D-looking network shapes and
incorporated them into an isometric perspective.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Time for me to wonder through the shapes again, to see whats new.

John... Visio MVP

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[John Marshall, MVP]

Time for me to wonder through the shapes again, to see whats new.

I should also wander through them as well.

 

[michael]

thanks mark that would be appreciated.

Cheers

Michael

 

[michael]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...22-F6FF-4F66-93A2-86659E900303&displaylang=en

Enjoy people, its in this Solution Guide for Exchange!

Cheers for your comments

Check out the reference diagram.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/techguide/wssra/raguide/LPMSA_4.mspx

I would like to know what technique Microsoft use to produce this diagram.

I have tried everything i can and i cannot make the the connectors route on
45 degree angle like they are in this drawing. I have tried page rotation,
i can replicate this by drawing lines, but not using connectors. is there
someway to rotate the grid to do this. we love the way the diagrams look
and would like to replicate this in our work drawings.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Thanks michael.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm
Common Visio Questions http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e70-8f69-5636f2105396&displaylang=en#filelist

Here's another link.