Partial circle

On Apr 1, 1:08*pm, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:56:51 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:





On Mar 26, 6:53*pm, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:37:34 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. *Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. *Makes it hard to get
Visio to size the page to the visible part of the drawing.

If you have Visio Pro then open the Drawing Tool Shapes stencil, you
find a few suitable there. If you have Visio Standard then search for
shapes Arc or Sector.

If find it quite difficult to navigate the stencils, since there is no
actual navigation panel with which to traverse the tree of stencils.

menu File - Shapes ...

Thanks, but I was thinking of a navigation pane like in windows
explorer. Otherwise, one has to always go through the buttonology of
File-Shapes-etc. for each and every stencil. I'm surprised that
such a navigation panel wasn't implemented long ago, given the
clumsiness of the current method.

On Apr 1, 2:00*pm, WapperDude
wrote:
Sounds very useful, where did you find it?

You know, I thought it was one of the basic circles, until I reviewed
this thread yesterday. Then I tried to find it again to verify my
assumption. I couldn't find it. Mind you, it is not easy to navigate
the stencils, so the search itself could have been compromised. I'm
surprised that there hasn't been a navigation pane like in Windows
Explorer implemented for stencil perusal long time ago. It would be a
natural fit, and would certainly make perusal far far more efficient.

" wrote:
On Mar 28, 1:34 am, WapperDude
wrote:
If this is duplicate entry, sorry, 1st response appears to have vaporized..

The direct way to make circular arcs is as follows.
For semi-circle:
1.) *Draw a circle
2.) *Use line tool and draw a horizontal diameter. *It may extend beyond the
circumference, but both ends must at least touch the circle.
3.) *With the line still selected, switch to pencil tool. *Grab the center
inflection point of the line and drag it to the circle's circumference. *The
line will become an arc.
4.) *Identify and delete the circle.

For other arc sizes, repeat steps 1 & 2.
3.) *Draw a 2nd diameter line at the desired angle to the first line. *For a
1/4 arc, this would be 90 degrees, i.e., perpendicular to the 1st line.
4.) *Identify all shapes (cntl-A).
5.) *Go to menu bar Shape Operations Fragment
6.) *Select one section and move it away from the others.
7.) *Use the pencil tool to select the apex point of the pie shape and hit
delete. *One of the straight lines will disappear. *Repeat select and delete
and remaining straight line will disappear, leaving just the arc.

HTH
Wapperdude

I found a shape that has a yellow handle that allows you to adjust the
segment of the circle that you want. *I'm not sure what the shape is
called, there's nothing that looks like a name in the Shape Sheet.
Not sure which stencil it came from either.

" wrote:
Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. *Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. *Makes it hard to get
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Stencil exploring is such a pain...it tries the patience of the dead!



" wrote:

On Apr 1, 2:00 pm, WapperDude
wrote:
Sounds very useful, where did you find it?

You know, I thought it was one of the basic circles, until I reviewed
this thread yesterday. Then I tried to find it again to verify my
assumption. I couldn't find it. Mind you, it is not easy to navigate
the stencils, so the search itself could have been compromised. I'm
surprised that there hasn't been a navigation pane like in Windows
Explorer implemented for stencil perusal long time ago. It would be a
natural fit, and would certainly make perusal far far more efficient.

" wrote:
On Mar 28, 1:34 am, WapperDude
wrote:
If this is duplicate entry, sorry, 1st response appears to have vaporized..

The direct way to make circular arcs is as follows.
For semi-circle:
1.) Draw a circle
2.) Use line tool and draw a horizontal diameter. It may extend beyond the
circumference, but both ends must at least touch the circle.
3.) With the line still selected, switch to pencil tool. Grab the center
inflection point of the line and drag it to the circle's circumference. The
line will become an arc.
4.) Identify and delete the circle.

For other arc sizes, repeat steps 1 & 2.
3.) Draw a 2nd diameter line at the desired angle to the first line. For a
1/4 arc, this would be 90 degrees, i.e., perpendicular to the 1st line.
4.) Identify all shapes (cntl-A).
5.) Go to menu bar Shape Operations Fragment
6.) Select one section and move it away from the others.
7.) Use the pencil tool to select the apex point of the pie shape and hit
delete. One of the straight lines will disappear. Repeat select and delete
and remaining straight line will disappear, leaving just the arc.

HTH
Wapperdude

I found a shape that has a yellow handle that allows you to adjust the
segment of the circle that you want. I'm not sure what the shape is
called, there's nothing that looks like a name in the Shape Sheet.
Not sure which stencil it came from either.

" wrote:
Is there a way to get a partial circle e.g. a semi-circle or quarter
circle (or even continuously variable part of a circle)?

I googled the group and saw the "Var. circ. spary head" under
Irrigation shapes, but it has a big dot at the centre. Also, the shap
boundaries are that of the whole circle, which causes the invisible
part of the circle to project beyond the page. Makes it hard to get
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