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Visio Discussions => Shapes & Templates => Topic started by: davidoff on January 14, 2009, 11:32:16 AM

Title: Factory Layout and Workshop Visio Shapes and Stencils?
Post by: davidoff on January 14, 2009, 11:32:16 AM
Dear All,

Any one has idea , where to find this kind of stencils shown below?

Factory Layout - Workshop Stencils, Industrial Tools etc.

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kind regards
Title: Re: Factory Layout and Workshop Visio Shapes and Stencils?
Post by: Visio Guy on January 14, 2009, 03:29:32 PM
Hi Davidoff,

These might be worth looking at:

Visio Manufacturing Shape Sampler (Free!) (http://www.shapesource.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idProduct=86)
Manufacturing and Industry ShapeSuite (http://www.shapesource.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=22)

Hmm, I think I need to get Visimation (ShapeSource) to start advertising on this site...

Also, somewhat related:

Harvey Chute's Woodworking Shop Design: Visio Tools (http://home.comcast.net/~hchute/woodshop_visio.htm)
Title: Re: Factory Layout and Workshop Visio Shapes and Stencils?
Post by: davidoff on January 14, 2009, 06:24:14 PM
Visioguy!!! thanks very much for the information,
site is pretty good & a bit expensive  :D :D :D
are there more sites you can suggest for the guy that are working with visio for layout, industry etc. desings ?
Title: Re: Factory Layout and Workshop Visio Shapes and Stencils?
Post by: Paul Herber on January 14, 2009, 09:34:16 PM
Do you want generic shapes or something manufacturer specific?
As with network equipment, for many purposes a generic shape for a router/switch/server may be quite adequate, but for other reasons e.g. rack-mounting you may want a specific shape which many manufacturers provide.

What sort of shapes are you looking for?
Title: Re: Factory Layout and Workshop Visio Shapes and Stencils?
Post by: davidoff on January 15, 2009, 12:49:56 PM
Dear Paul,
I am looking for some industrial site shapes,
such as Cranes, Forklifts, Shelves, Warehouse, Docks, Leveller. Doors,

I know there are good shapes in default visio stencils, but looking for more examples.

Best regards
Title: Re: Factory Layout and Workshop Visio Shapes and Stencils?
Post by: Paul Herber on January 15, 2009, 02:04:18 PM
With shapes like this, cranes, forklifts, for example, there are so many variaties. They are also quite difficuly to draw in Visio. What i would be tempted to do is to do an image search in Google (or whatever) and use one or more of these images.
Title: Re: Factory Layout and Workshop Visio Shapes and Stencils?
Post by: davidoff on January 15, 2009, 03:33:04 PM
Paul, thanks for help!! i will keep it in mind, may be google can be a solution
but dimensions are important.