Visio Section Limit

aklobem · September 21, 2016, 10:34:57 AM

Hi all,

I've just got this error message - Error 340, during the insertion of an addition section, that there is a limit of 230 geometry sections.

Is there away around this? I'm trying to see if I can collapse the number of sections in the document, but it's looking like ~1100 geometry sections.

Are there other limits that I need to be aware of? Where are they described?

Thanks in advance

Surrogate · September 21, 2016, 10:52:30 AM

Wow, how you create so complex shape ?

aklobem · September 21, 2016, 10:59:24 AM

Hi, I'm looking at linking this to a CMDB, and the shape is one part of the representation of content.

If I do break it down to different shapes, is there a way to link the shapes up so they are aligned?

Thansk

Surrogate · September 21, 2016, 11:20:04 AM

Do you mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management_database ?

aklobem · September 21, 2016, 02:07:25 PM

Hi, ahh sorry, Yes - we're pulling data from our CMDB, and adding objects, but there is a need to create a shape/symbol that links them all.

Yacine · September 21, 2016, 05:03:41 PM

Hi Aklobem,
you should indeed consider drawing individual shapes.
Advantage: they are much easier to handle and you can even put some "shapesheet smartness" in them.
To link the shapes, align them by code and you may think of putting them in a group.

aklobem · September 22, 2016, 10:56:05 AM

Hi,

Ok thanks, I'll give that a go, do you know if there is a list of the limits in Visio? I'd like to test that we're not about to hit one inside the code generating the XML document.

Yacine · September 22, 2016, 04:25:21 PM

Not to my knowledge. But it should be very simple for you to generate a routine that tests the limits as far as number of shapes and so on is concerned. Isn't it?

You could also upload a sample showing how the diagram has to look. We may give some advice.