Solved:Can you cut one shape out of another?

[rhyno]

I have been using visio for a couple of years now, and am finally going to ask a question that has been bugging me the whole time:
Can i cut one shape out of another.

eg I have a large rectangle and i want to cut a small rectangle out of it so i can see the contents of the background through it.

Your help may end years of frustration.

Regards,

Ryan

[rhyno]

Found the solution: Shape Menu > Operations > Subtract

Nice forum anyway, i think i'll stick around.

[wapperdude]

You might also be interested in the two following approaches which allow you to move the "viewing" window around:

One that I created, using the Magic Window, see  How to Clip or Mask a Circular Region on a Visio Page? (http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=494.0), or one that Visio Guy created, Super Mask Visio Clipping Shape (http://www.visguy.com/2008/11/28/super-mask-visio-clipping-shape/).

Wapperdude

[Stefan]

You can also achieve the desired effect using Shape>  Operations> Fragment
Stefan