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Visio 2016 floorplans - how to make dimensions show all the time
Hi, I am drawing floorplans in Visio (for the first time). When I input or edit a single component / element (e.g. a wall) the main dimension - length in this case - comes up on screen. Also, whe...
I'm not sure that is good idea make visible this dimensions always!
Usually peoples want hide these dimensions :)
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/ed48a1e0-8fae-41b6-94ad-3ca4b20eb6e3/how-to-remove-reference-line-measurements-on-walls-drawn-in-visio?forum=visiogeneral or https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/visio-2013-remove-wall-dimensions-from-display/935d27a4-ddae-4846-b19a-9bfcb1159397
Each Wall shape have cell named visBESelected, if shape selected Visio core engine set value 1 in this cell. And if shape is not selected this value is 0. Dimensions visible only if value in this cell is 1.
You can write macro which iterate all shapes and set in this cell value 1 !