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: NetApp FAS / AFF Disk Shelf Stencil (V2)

Oct 24, 2017 Visio by DPTPB release update notes. Long over due documentation of new NetApp FAS / AFF Disk Shelf Stencil, already released back in May :=)

New DPTPB NetApp FAS / AFF Disk Shelf Stencil has by far the most complex internal structure, hopefully in favour of much easier shape usage. Besides standard V2 design changes, there is now much more automation and dynamic features with the new disk shelf shapes.

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Visio by DPTPB: Rack stencil (V1.5)

March 15, 2017 update notes for Visio by DPTPB stencil collection.

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CutePDF vs Save as PDF in Visio

It seems that the built-in Visio PDF converter doesn’t respect line weights (or thickness setting for a line). If using line weights below 0,5 pt the built-in PDF converter will use 0,5 pt line weight anyway.

I am in progress of  upgrading my Visio stencil collection. I am using lesser line weights with some of the new shapes, like cable and port placeholder shapes.  Some details were lost when using Visio’s built-in PDF converter (save as PDF).

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Visio by DPTPB: NetApp AFF A700s Sample Visio Drawings

Feb 10, 2017 update notes for Visio by DPTPB stencil collection, part 4

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