Scale Floor Plan Visio

Select the floor plan you want and select create.

Scale floor plan visio.

Most versions of visio include shapes designed for scale drawings and visio will adjust them to the scale you are using. It is always a good idea to include the scale of the drawing on the actual page when you re using scale drawings so that other people viewing it will understand what has been used to produce it. Open a floor plan template. Import cad drawings and resize change scale or save as a locked layer to prevent unwanted changes.

Copy an existing visio floor plan into a new drawing on the file menu point to new point to maps and floor plans and then click floor plan. Available with visio plan 2. Select file new. View featured floor plan templates.

Select templates maps and floor plans. Open a floor plan template. Change the drawing scale. Select templates maps and floor plans.

Microsoft visio was never meant to replace computer aided design cad applications but it does have the capability of producing precise floor plans and scale drawings. Select the floor plan you want and select create. By default this template opens a scaled drawing page in landscape orientation. Change the drawing scale.

Creating a floor plan to scale can be as simple as taking accurate measurements with a tape measure then using a pencil and graph paper to scale down your results. Scale floor plans aid the design process and can really help you visualize things such as the ideal furniture layout. Select pre defined scale and choose a pre defined architectural metric or engineering scale. Share your floor plan as a link pdf image or computer aided design cad drawing file.

Get new features first. Show size or dimensions of shapes in visio. Expand your office skills explore training. Change the drawing scale.