In shape sheet/geometry is there a way to make the row types be, by default, absolute rather than relative?
Do you mean the values in the X/Y etc cells? Yes, they can refer to any other cell. They usually refer to the height and width cells e.g.
LineTo, X=Width*0.5, Y=Height*1
I think he is asking if there is a way to set cells to either relmoveto et al or moveto et al
I.e. all cells come up like = 0 or = width * 0.0
I don't know of a way to do that.
I do know that if the shape has a formula et al, the formula stays
i.e. Width*1 + 30mm stays .....not 1 + 30mm
Visio gives you both, at once. The PinX, PinY give the absolute location, while the geometry row info gives relative. Then, the LocPinX, LocPinY provide the shape anchor point relative to actual location. That way, when you need to move a shape, only a single set of coordinates needs to be changed rather than every shape vertex.
Wapperdude
I agree with Vojo, there seems to be no possibility to set the preferred formula type in Visio.
However, if you save your drawing as old version (vsd), then Visio won't use the new relMoveTo style.