Articles tagged with: visio
Free CAD Software
As many of you know, most CAD files will not insert seamlessly into Visio for use as a “background” so that you can mark them …
5 Will Get You SIx. Part II: Development
Recently our VP of Sales and Marketing, Tim Bigoness, published this post where he shared his enthusiasm for, and confidence in, the development of our …
SI5.5 SP3 Now Available!
D-Tools releases SI5.5 SP3 to all customers on January 18th, 2011. SP3 adds enhancements and bug fixes to continue support of our customers business processes.
Additional Wire Phase Functionality Shape
I have some great Wire features to announce that build on our previous blog post “Additional New Wire Shape” by Steve Collard. In the previous …
Creating Half-Rack Width Shapes
It is fairly easy to create customized Visio shapes based on the SI5 library of shapes that will represent products whose width is half-rack, …
Off-page Reference Shape
This question often arises: What is the best way to handle off-page references when dealing with multiple Schematic pages. Occasionally you may run out …
Additional new Wire Shape
This Finish Wire shape is very similar to our Beta wire shape that shows the ComponentID at both ends. The additional function of this shape is that the line pattern and color of the shape is determined by the Type field of the wire product.
Cool new finish wire shape
A couple of our rather creative team members have created a great wire shape for Visio that displays the ComponentID at both ends of the wire
SI5.5 SP2 Upgrade Release Date Announced
D-Tools is proud to announce the general availability of SI5.5 SP2 . The newest release in the SI5.5 series will be available to existing customers via …
D-Tools SI5.5 SP2 Trial Now Available
D-Tools is proud to announce the availability of SI5.5 SP2. The newest release in the SI5.5 series is available for trial download starting today. SP2 …
Error Saving Visio File with Inserted PDF
Although ideal, procuring AutoCAD floor plans is not always possible. Architects are protective of their intellectual property, rightfully so, and it often takes some convincing that you really only need them to lay out the pre-wire for your system, no malicious intents. However, they are usually completely willing to send you PDF file of the plans in lieu of the AutoCAD DWG file.
D-Tools Menu is Missing from the Visio Interface
Issue: The “D-Tools” menu is missing from the menu bar within the SI5.5 Visio interface. You will very likely see a menu option named “Plan”. …




