Area analysis   

Greetings
   I am attempting to calculate the square foot area of various shapes.  It 
seems to work, but the screen with what I assume is the result flashes by so 
fast I can't read it.  There is no entry on the layer "area" where I think 
the results should appear.  Do you know the correct use of the Area Analysis 
function?

PS - I admit to using Visio 5.0 on Vista where there are known compatibility 
problems, but I don't think this is one of them.
Thanks for any clues...
Mike from Moriches

date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:13:02 -0400   author:   Mike from Moriches

Re: Area analysis   

Hi Mike,

What shape, command, add-on...?

Which century? :) :) :) (sorry)

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Mike from Moriches wrote:
> Greetings
>   I am attempting to calculate the square foot area of various shapes.  
> It seems to work, but the screen with what I assume is the result 
> flashes by so fast I can't read it.  There is no entry on the layer 
> "area" where I think the results should appear.  Do you know the correct 
> use of the Area Analysis function?
> 
> PS - I admit to using Visio 5.0 on Vista where there are known 
> compatibility problems, but I don't think this is one of them.
> Thanks for any clues...
> Mike from Moriches

date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:41:36 +0200   author:   Chris Roth [Visio MVP]

Re: Area analysis   

Chris -
   I live in a small community that has about 15 courts (streets) with 
various driveways, visitor parking spaces, twisting and turning streets and 
different houses.  We want to pave over the blacktop road surfaces, and I am 
attempting to determine how many square yards of surface we have.  Using the 
Facilities Management Site Planning template, I drew one of the courts, 
'selected all', 'Tools", Macros, "Facilities Management," "Area Analysis." 
Area analysis asks what layer you want for the area analysis, then I see a 
series of blue rectangles flash on the screen, but it happens too fast for 
me to see what it says.  Perhaps Area Analysis isn't designed to do what I'm 
trying???
Thanks,
Mike

"Chris Roth [Visio MVP]"  wrote in message 
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> Hi Mike,
>
> What shape, command, add-on...?
>
> Which century? :) :) :) (sorry)
>
> -- 
> Hope this helps,
>
> Chris Roth
> Visio MVP
>
>
> Visio Guy: Smart Graphics for Visual People
>
>  Articles: http://www.visguy.com
>  Shapes:   http://www.visguy.com/shapes
>  Dev:      http://www.visguy.com/category/development/
>  Forum:    http://www.viguy.com/vgforum
>
> Mike from Moriches wrote:
>> Greetings
>>   I am attempting to calculate the square foot area of various shapes. 
>> It seems to work, but the screen with what I assume is the result flashes 
>> by so fast I can't read it.  There is no entry on the layer "area" where 
>> I think the results should appear.  Do you know the correct use of the 
>> Area Analysis function?
>>
>> PS - I admit to using Visio 5.0 on Vista where there are known 
>> compatibility problems, but I don't think this is one of them.
>> Thanks for any clues...
>> Mike from Moriches

date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:21 -0400   author:   Mike from Moriches

Re: Area analysis   

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:21 -0400, "Mike from Moriches"
 wrote:

>Chris -
>   I live in a small community that has about 15 courts (streets) with 
>various driveways, visitor parking spaces, twisting and turning streets and 
>different houses.  We want to pave over the blacktop road surfaces, and I am 
>attempting to determine how many square yards of surface we have.  Using the 
>Facilities Management Site Planning template, I drew one of the courts, 
>'selected all', 'Tools", Macros, "Facilities Management," "Area Analysis." 
>Area analysis asks what layer you want for the area analysis, then I see a 
>series of blue rectangles flash on the screen, but it happens too fast for 
>me to see what it says.  Perhaps Area Analysis isn't designed to do what I'm 
>trying???
>Thanks,
>Mike

Try the "Space" shape from the "Walls, Doors and Windows" stencil.
That can also show the area, you might need several of these and
create a total.



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date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:28:54 +0100   author:   Paul Herber