Resizing shapes distorts

[Paul Scott]

Hi, I have a problem I cand find a solution too.
When using the wall shape template, i have a problem when resizing the
drawing.
eg. If you draw a horizontal wall line and then draw a verticle wall which
joins the horizontal wall at 90degrees, all joins up and looks good. However
when you select the whole drawing and drag a corner to resize the two lines
simultaneously I get the following message "Shape Protection and/or Layer
properties prevent complete execution of this command" There is no ok box to
acknoedge the message, it just disappears when you clcik the drawing again.
The resultant resize is now distorted. ie the verticle line is no longer at
90degrees to the horizontal line.
I have tried all combinations of turning on/off different protection options
to no avail. Its interesting to note that if you draw the same picture using
normal lines, it resizes proportionally and the lines remain at 90degrees to
each other.
ANY HELP to resolve this would be greatly appreciated :-)

[Paul Herber]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:18:00 -0700, Paul Scott <Paul

Post by Paul Scott
Hi, I have a problem I cand find a solution too.
When using the wall shape template, i have a problem when resizing the
drawing.
eg. If you draw a horizontal wall line and then draw a verticle wall which
joins the horizontal wall at 90degrees, all joins up and looks good. However
when you select the whole drawing and drag a corner to resize the two lines
simultaneously I get the following message "Shape Protection and/or Layer
properties prevent complete execution of this command"

Just resize each wall shape individually.

[Paul Scott]

Thanks Paul, But this doesn't really help as example I gave is just 2 walls,
my actual drawing has many walls so I don't really want to have to resize
each segment of wall individually.

I'm sure its some sort of hidden settng which I just cannot find.

Regards Paul

Post by Paul Herber
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:18:00 -0700, Paul Scott <Paul

Post by Paul Scott
Hi, I have a problem I cand find a solution too.
When using the wall shape template, i have a problem when resizing the
drawing.
eg. If you draw a horizontal wall line and then draw a verticle wall which
joins the horizontal wall at 90degrees, all joins up and looks good. However
when you select the whole drawing and drag a corner to resize the two lines
simultaneously I get the following message "Shape Protection and/or Layer
properties prevent complete execution of this command"

Just resize each wall shape individually.
--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electrical for Visio http://www.electrical.sandrila.co.uk/

[J Kallay]

At the very least, you should be able to find some workarounds. Are you
trying to make the physical building larger, or just the drawing? You could
change the scale, or you could copy the drawing and paste it as a metafile,
at which point you can resize it to your heart's content.

Post by Paul Scott
Thanks Paul, But this doesn't really help as example I gave is just 2 walls,
my actual drawing has many walls so I don't really want to have to resize
each segment of wall individually.
I'm sure its some sort of hidden settng which I just cannot find.
Regards Paul

Post by Paul Herber
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:18:00 -0700, Paul Scott <Paul

Post by Paul Scott
Hi, I have a problem I cand find a solution too.
When using the wall shape template, i have a problem when resizing the
drawing.
eg. If you draw a horizontal wall line and then draw a verticle wall which
joins the horizontal wall at 90degrees, all joins up and looks good.
However
when you select the whole drawing and drag a corner to resize the two lines
simultaneously I get the following message "Shape Protection and/or Layer
properties prevent complete execution of this command"

Just resize each wall shape individually.
--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electrical for Visio http://www.electrical.sandrila.co.uk/