Control radius of rounded corners

If you want to slave it to the width and/or height, then you can enter a
formula in the shapesheet. Go to line format section, and in the rounding
cell, you can enter a formula like =0.3*MIN(Width,Height). This will take
the lesser of the two dimensions and scale the rounding by factor of 0.3.

Enjoy!
Wapperdude



"Paul Herber" wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), Paul
> <Paul.Domaskis.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Is there a way to control the radius of rounding for the rounded
> >corners of a rectangle? I opened up the shape sheet, and it looks
> >like it might be controlled in the "Geometry 1" table. Ideally, I'd
> >like the rounding radius to scale with the minimum of the height and
> >width, but manually specifying it would be just as good.
>
> select the shape(s)
> menu Format -> Line
> and select from the rounding area, you acn set a rounding radius
> manually.
>
>
> --
> Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
> Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/
>

On Aug 26, 9:30 am, Paul Herber
<SubstituteMyFirstNameH....RemoveThis@pherber.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), Paul
>
> <Paul.Domas....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Is there a way to control the radius of rounding for the rounded
> >corners of a rectangle?  I opened up the shape sheet, and it looks
> >like it might be controlled in the "Geometry 1" table.  Ideally, I'd
> >like the rounding radius to scale with the minimum of the height and
> >width, but manually specifying it would be just as good.
>
> select the shape(s)
> menu Format -> Line
> and select from the rounding area, you acn set a rounding radius
> manually.

Hi, Paul,

The resulting menu shows a perfectly pointy corner. Even pressing
some of the rounded corners and clicking Apply doesn't round the
corner of the rectangle. Would your method be for lines/interconnects
rather than shapes/rectangles?

On Aug 26, 3:38 pm, WapperDude <WapperD....RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> If you want to slave it to the width and/or height, then you can enter a
> formula in the shapesheet.  Go to line format section, and in the rounding
> cell, you can enter a formula like =0.3*MIN(Width,Height).  This will take
> the lesser of the two dimensions and scale the rounding by factor of 0.3.

Thanks, Wapper...unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the
rounding area to work.

> "Paul Herber" wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), Paul
> > <Paul.Domas....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >Is there a way to control the radius of rounding for the rounded
> > >corners of a rectangle?  I opened up the shape sheet, and it looks
> > >like it might be controlled in the "Geometry 1" table.  Ideally, I'd
> > >like the rounding radius to scale with the minimum of the height and
> > >width, but manually specifying it would be just as good.
>
> > select the shape(s)
> > menu Format -> Line
> > and select from the rounding area, you acn set a rounding radius
> > manually.
>
> > --
> > Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
> > Electronics forVisio       http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Both Paul H.'s and my method should work. Are you trying this on a rectangle
that you've already tried to alter? You might want to try a fresh shape.
Other than guarding the rounding, I'm not aware of any other protection that
might keep a normal rectangle from having rounded corners.

"Paul" wrote:

> On Aug 26, 3:38 pm, WapperDude <WapperD... DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > If you want to slave it to the width and/or height, then you can enter a
> > formula in the shapesheet. Go to line format section, and in the rounding
> > cell, you can enter a formula like =0.3*MIN(Width,Height). This will take
> > the lesser of the two dimensions and scale the rounding by factor of 0.3.
>
> Thanks, Wapper...unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the
> rounding area to work.
>
> > "Paul Herber" wrote:
> > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), Paul
> > > <Paul.Domas... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > >Is there a way to control the radius of rounding for the rounded
> > > >corners of a rectangle? I opened up the shape sheet, and it looks
> > > >like it might be controlled in the "Geometry 1" table. Ideally, I'd
> > > >like the rounding radius to scale with the minimum of the height and
> > > >width, but manually specifying it would be just as good.
> >
> > > select the shape(s)
> > > menu Format -> Line
> > > and select from the rounding area, you acn set a rounding radius
> > > manually.
> >
> > > --
> > > Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
> > > Electronics forVisio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:11:30 -0700 (PDT), Paul
<Paul.Domaskis DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>On Aug 26, 9:30 am, Paul Herber
><SubstituteMyFirstNameH... DeleteThis @pherber.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:15:45 -0700 (PDT), Paul
>>
>> <Paul.Domas... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Is there a way to control the radius of rounding for the rounded
>> >corners of a rectangle?  I opened up the shape sheet, and it looks
>> >like it might be controlled in the "Geometry 1" table.  Ideally, I'd
>> >like the rounding radius to scale with the minimum of the height and
>> >width, but manually specifying it would be just as good.
>>
>> select the shape(s)
>> menu Format -> Line
>> and select from the rounding area, you acn set a rounding radius
>> manually.
>
>Hi, Paul,
>
>The resulting menu shows a perfectly pointy corner. Even pressing
>some of the rounded corners and clicking Apply doesn't round the
>corner of the rectangle. Would your method be for lines/interconnects
>rather than shapes/rectangles?

No, it seems to work on most shapes, I've just tried it on the PC
shape from the Computers and Monitors stencil. That looks rather
funny!


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

"Paul" <Paul.Domaskis RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to control the radius of rounding for the rounded
> corners of a rectangle? I opened up the shape sheet, and it looks
> like it might be controlled in the "Geometry 1" table. Ideally, I'd
> like the rounding radius to scale with the minimum of the height and
> width, but manually specifying it would be just as good.
>
> Thanks.


Since you refer to Geometry1, it appears you are within the shapesheet. Each
shape can have only one rounding value, so the value is stored in a seperate
Section called Line Format. The cell is the last one in the group and is
called Rounding. If you set the value to 5in for a 10in square, you will get
a circle.

John...