Category: Visio by DPTPB

Visio by DPTPB: Maintaining font size while ungrouping background images

Yesterday I wrote about possible solution for issue related using Windows Enhanced Metafiles, an issue originally identified in post Visio by DPTPB: Reducing size of complex Visio shapes V2.

In my original post I also identified another possible issue with ungrouping an image. This issue is related to the fact that Visio cannot render fonts that are smaller than 1 pt in size. With some images there is some text, like “UID” or “USB”, to label some elements of the image. And once you ungroup that image, the text size suddenly increases.

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Visio By DPTPB: Reducing size of Picture Alignment Box

Last year when I was working on the official Nutanix stencil set, I discovered a new way of reducing the size of  complex (background) images. In post Visio by DPTPB: Reducing size of complex Visio shapes V2 I described how to:

  • Take an existing single object Visio background image
  • Ungroup it to many individual Visio objects
  • Make required changes to individual objects or add new individual objects
  • Convert group of individual images back to single image again

Above technique is based on using “Windows Enhanced Metafile” images and “Paste Special” feature.

Why is this technique beneficial?

Resulting single object image is (much) less complex and (much,much) faster to use than image made of multiple objects. A good way to optimize your complex Visio shapes (and reverse engineer and modify existing third party Visio shapes).

Unfortunately there was a tiny issue with the solution…

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Visio by DBTPB: NX-5155-G6 & NX-8155-G6 Dynamic Front View Visio Shapes

 

Dynamic shapes DPTPB NX-5155-G6 & NX-8155-G6

Since there are very little differences between NX-5155-G6 and NX-8155-G6 I will cover both of them in this post, rather than making separate post for each one. NX-5155-G6 and NX-8155-G6  share the same visual appearance and disk layouts. The only minor difference is disk sizes supported with NX-5155-G6 and NX-8155-G6.

  • Dynamic disk labels
    • Change disk label color and text via “Shape Data” “Disk layout” pull-down menu
    • Disk activity lights are turned on only if a disk is present in a disk layout

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Visio by DBTPB: NX-8035-G6 Dynamic Front View Visio Shape

 

Dynamic shape DPTPB NX-8035-G6

  • Dynamic disk labels
    • Change disk label color and text via “Shape Data” “Disk layout” pull-down menu
    • Select number of nodes and the labels for unused disks are disabled
    • Disk activity lights are turned on only if a disk is present in a disk layout

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Visio by DBTPB: NX-3170-G6 Dynamic Front View Visio Shape

 

Dynamic shape DPTPB NX-3170-G6

  • Dynamic disk labels
    • Change disk label color and text via “Shape Data” “Disk layout” pull-down menu
    • Disk activity lights are turned on only if a disk is present in disk layout

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