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Working in Visio may be intimidating for some of you. I was barely aware of Visio prior to starting with D-Tools. I never had to do the flowchart thing in college. Over the last four …
This article is a follow up to last month’s article: Building Your SI 5 Database Part I – Setting Expectations. The point of that article was to help you determine what fields are needed …
Plan Blocks in the SI 5 AutoCAD interface do not have the same functionality as Plan Shapes within Visio. Connections between Plan blocks in AutoCAD do not pass data to our Installation Reports. …
Northwest 1st Street East. Ever been in a town where street after street was named like that? It is a bit unconventional for those of us who grew up in suburbs where winding, tree lined …
This article is a follow up to last month’s article: Building Your SI 5 Database Part I – Setting Expectations. The point of that article was to help you determine what fields are needed to …
Overview video of the Elevation view in Si5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMChA6MMcaQ
The biggest challenge to new users of SI 5 is building your database. There is no moving forward without a database of your products, period. Yes, it takes time. How long it …
This is the first part in a series of blog postings which will discuss the core processes undertaken by typical D-Tools customers. The purpose here is to get a high-level view of the things that …
Building Your SI 5 Database Part I – Setting Expectations
The biggest challenge to new users of SI 5 is building your database. There is no moving forward without a database of your products, period. Yes, …
Originally published here: http://www.visguy.com/2008/03/18/how-to-draw-glass-in-visio/
Today we’re going create a glass effect, using basic end-user features of Visio.
With a few simple techniques, you’ll be able to add pizzazz to your elevation drawings of windows, cabinetry, video monitors, …

