Visio 2007 Beta - Dimensioning Stencils

[Paddy]

Visio 2007 Beta includes two engineering dimensioning stencils DIMENG_M.VSS
and DIMENG_U.VSS

They appear to be identical in contents. Does anyone know what the
difference is (if any)? Both appear to be the same as the General
Dimensioning stencil that came with Pre-MS Visio 4.1 Technical.

BTW curiously, the latter works well with later Visio versions that came
without it EXCEPT that the angular dimensions show only as integers -
ignoring whatever number of decimal places are set in Precision and Units.
This is why I looked for an equivalent stencil in 2007 Beta. Both stencils
referred to above behave impeccably in that regard.

Paddy

 

[Paul Herber]

Visio 2007 Beta includes two engineering dimensioning stencils DIMENG_M.VSS
and DIMENG_U.VSS

They appear to be identical in contents. Does anyone know what the
difference is (if any)? Both appear to be the same as the General
Dimensioning stencil that came with Pre-MS Visio 4.1 Technical.

BTW curiously, the latter works well with later Visio versions that came
without it EXCEPT that the angular dimensions show only as integers -
ignoring whatever number of decimal places are set in Precision and Units.
This is why I looked for an equivalent stencil in 2007 Beta. Both stencils
referred to above behave impeccably in that regard.

DIMEG_M.VSS has shapes using metric measurements and DIMENG-U.VSS uses
measurements in feet/inches etc.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

As Paul mentions, the U represents US units (feet-in) and the M represents
metric. Except for one stencil, all the Visio stencils come in a US and
metric version.

Over the years, once a master is created, it is rare that it gets updated.

John... Visio MVP

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[Paddy]

Thanks both Paul & John (interestingly the names of our identical twin boys
now 37 - one of whom is in Bush's Bloody Great Giant Sandpit - Iraq - in the
Royal Australian Air Force)

I had a look at both stencils; each allows one to select Imperial or Metric
units via Precision & Units. No matter - a trifling MS curiosity.

Paddy

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Okay dad.

The difference will be subtle. The metric should be able to fit to a metric
grid while the US should match inches.

In the metric Basic Shapes stencil the square is 4 cm, in the US version the
square is 1.5 inches, but 1.5 inches is about 3.8 cms.

So you will not see a difference, but if you mix metric and US units, you
will see alingment issues with the grid. Of course, shapes based on physical
dimensions should match between both systems.

John... Visio MVP

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[Paddy]

Ah! Subtle indeed.

Thanks, John
Paddy