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How can I add a Building Plan template to my Visio 2002 Standard?
I want to use Visio to sketch out a dream house floor plan. In previous
versions of Visio, I had a Building Plan template -- I could easily drag & drop rooms & doorways & windows & furniture, but that template is missing from Visio 2002 Standard. Is there any way to add just that template, or do I have to go through the bother of upgrading to Visio 2003 Professional? I don't want to upgrade since Visio 2007 is due out soon. |
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How can I add a Building Plan template to my Visio 2002 Standard?
Hi Looknsee!
You can add templates to Visio using the "old-fashioned-annoying" method: - Go to Tools Options Avanced Tab. - Click the "File Paths..." button at the bottom - Enter the path to your template in the Templates path. You can enter more than one path by separating entries with ";". Your template should show up in the File New menu. Keep in mind that the Building Plan stuff uses special "solution-code" to put the walls together and perform other advanced functions. It may be that these functions have changed from 2002 to 2003. Also, your 2003 probably doesn't have the add-on utilities to handle the shapes. In other words, you might not get any of the cool Building Plan features. Your shapes will work, but they might not do anything fancy. -- Hope this helps, Chris Roth Visio MVP More Visio shapes, articles, development info and pure diagramming fun at: www.wanderkind.com/visio "Looknsee" wrote in message ... I want to use Visio to sketch out a dream house floor plan. In previous versions of Visio, I had a Building Plan template -- I could easily drag & drop rooms & doorways & windows & furniture, but that template is missing from Visio 2002 Standard. Is there any way to add just that template, or do I have to go through the bother of upgrading to Visio 2003 Professional? I don't want to upgrade since Visio 2007 is due out soon. |
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