Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007 Inside Out

Chapter 16. Measuring and Dimensioning with Precision

Setting Up Measurements in a Diagram	467
Positioning Shapes Precisely	482
Aligning and Moving Shapes with Guides	490
Aligning Shapes to Each Other	497
Calculating and Displaying Dimensions	502
Displaying Custom Measurements	505
Controlling Shapes with Layers	509

What good would Microsoft Office Visio 2007 be to you if your drawings weren’t accurate? You would merely have a representation of what you need, not what you truly need. But to get the accuracy you need, you can’t spend all of your time tediously measuring every individual shape, rather than tending to all the other tasks that go into detailed technical drawings such as architectural or facilities management plans.

Accuracy always matters, but ...