(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:33 pm
Post subject: Union operation failure Archived from groups: microsoft>public>visio>createshapes (more info?)
I am trying to perform the union operation on two shapes and when I
perform the operation, one of them disappears. The operation is being
performed as I have many times with the shapes touching (both attached
to the same guide). One of the shapes has been created from several
union operations. I wonder if there is some kind of limitation to how
many segments a shape can have that is undergoing the union operation.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:32 pm
Post subject: Re: Union operation failure [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Thanks for the reply Barb
The shape was created from basic visio shapes, rectangles and
circles.
On Dec 6 2007, 6:24 pm, barb... RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com (Barb Way) wrote:
> I'm not aware of any hard limit on the number of segments in the shapes
> that would cause this behavior.
>
> What kind of shapes are you trying to Union together? Some things are not
> meant to be 'Unioned'. For instance, If I place a JPG on the page, and try
> to Union it with a Visio shape from a stencil, I see the outline of the JPG
> in the created object, but the graphic image is gone. This is by design,
> as the Metafile type images (GIF, JPG, etc.) are not lines/curves in the
> Visio shape sense.
>
> Barb Way
> Product Support - Visio
> Microsoft Corporation
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:56 pm
Post subject: Re: Union operation failure [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I've tried a few scenarios, but can not repeat your results. I chose a
rectangle and a circle from the Basic Shapes stencil and used the Union
Operations and end up with a combined shape. It did not matter if the shapes
overlapped or not.
Is it posible that the shape that disappears is not a closed shape? For
Union to work, both shapes must be closed.
John... Visio MVP
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"Robert H" <robert.hatcher.RemoveThis@l-3com.com> wrote in message
news:bc9d1649-dca3-4d53-b6c0-78a1dfd7e980@v29g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for the reply Barb
> The shape was created from basic visio shapes, rectangles and
> circles.
>
> On Dec 6 2007, 6:24 pm, barb....RemoveThis@online.microsoft.com (Barb Way) wrote:
>> I'm not aware of any hard limit on the number of segments in the shapes
>> that would cause this behavior.
>>
>> What kind of shapes are you trying to Union together? Some things are
>> not
>> meant to be 'Unioned'. For instance, If I place a JPG on the page, and
>> try
>> to Union it with a Visio shape from a stencil, I see the outline of the
>> JPG
>> in the created object, but the graphic image is gone. This is by design,
>> as the Metafile type images (GIF, JPG, etc.) are not lines/curves in the
>> Visio shape sense.
>>
>> Barb Way
>> Product Support - Visio
>> Microsoft Corporation
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>
>
(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:21 pm
Post subject: Re: Union operation failure [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
John I think I saturated the shape or something I had created a pretty
geometrically complex shape with probably 20 or 30 different
operations and several control point and vertices's tweaks. I was able
to go back and recreate the shape with fewer operations and had no
problems.
Thanks
Robert
On Jan 11, 5:56 pm, "John Marshall, MVP" <lancu... RemoveThis @stonehenge.ca>
wrote:
> I've tried a few scenarios, but can not repeat your results. I chose a
> rectangle and a circle from the Basic Shapes stencil and used the Union
> Operations and end up with a combined shape. It did not matter if the shapes
> overlapped or not.
>
> Is it posible that the shape that disappears is not a closed shape? For
> Union to work, both shapes must be closed.
>
> John... Visio MVP
>
> Need stencils or ideas?http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
> Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm > Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm"Robert H" <robert.hatc... RemoveThis @l-3com.com> wrote in message
>
> news:bc9d1649-dca3-4d53-b6c0-78a1dfd7e980@v29g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Thanks for the reply Barb
> > The shape was created from basic visio shapes, rectangles and
> > circles.
>
> > On Dec 6 2007, 6:24 pm, barb... RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com (Barb Way) wrote:
> >> I'm not aware of any hard limit on the number of segments in the shapes
> >> that would cause this behavior.
>
> >> What kind of shapes are you trying to Union together? Some things are
> >> not
> >> meant to be 'Unioned'. For instance, If I place a JPG on the page, and
> >> try
> >> to Union it with a Visio shape from a stencil, I see the outline of the
> >> JPG
> >> in the created object, but the graphic image is gone. This is by design,
> >> as the Metafile type images (GIF, JPG, etc.) are not lines/curves in the
> >> Visio shape sense.
>
> >> Barb Way
> >> Product Support - Visio
> >> Microsoft Corporation
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
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