Prevent or allow changes to shapes - Microsoft Support
Prevent or allow changes to shape attributes. Select a shape in your drawing. On the Developer tab, in the Shape Design group, click Protection. Select the shape attributes that you want to lock, or clear the check boxes for the attributes you want to unlock, and then click OK.
Create a shape - Microsoft Support
Create your shape by using the drawing tools, using shapes from other stencils, or pasting an object from another application.
Isometric drawings - Microsoft Support
Applies To. Put information in your drawings and diagrams into perspective with an isometric drawing. Create an isometric drawing from scratch, incorporate basic shapes, or use three-dimensional shapes and templates. In this article: Create an isometric drawing from scratch. Use Basic Shapes in isometric drawings.
Set the dimensions and position of a shape by using the Size
Specify the exact size, location, and angle of rotation of selected shapes by entering values in the Size & Position window.
Find more shapes and stencils - Microsoft Support
You can find shapes by searching the Microsoft Download Center for Visio shapes. Visio shapes are also created by people and companies outside of Microsoft. If you are looking for some very specific or unusual shapes, you might try non-Microsoft providers such as these:
Draw a shape in Visio - Microsoft Support
Draw a shape in Visio. Applies To. You can draw shapes to the exact size you want by using the Draw Shape tool in Visio. Windows Web. You can create your own custom shapes by using the rectangle, ellipse, arc, freeform, and pencil shapes in Visio.
Featured Visio templates and diagrams - Microsoft Support
Visio is a diagraming tool that makes it easy and intuitive to create flowcharts, diagrams, org charts, floor plans, engineering designs, and more by using modern templates with the familiar Office experience. On this page, you can access some of the top templates and sample diagrams available in Visio, or request ones that you want.
Align and position shapes in a diagram - Microsoft Support
Select Home > Arrange > Position > Auto Align & Space. Align shapes. The commands in this section align shapes without changing the spacing between the shapes. You can hold the pointer over a command to see a preview of the effect it will have before you commit to the change. Straighten your connectors.
Shape basics: resize, format, move and add text to shapes
Get an overview of shapes in Visio with this quick-start guide to selecting, moving, formatting, copying, and adding text to shapes.
Trim lines and shapes in Visio drawings - Microsoft Support
Edit your drawing or diagram. On the Home tab, click Select in the Editing group, and click Select All in the list. Click the Developer tab. In the Shape Design group, click Operations, and then click Trim. Right-click the line or shape that you want to remove, and then click Cut.
Add a new fill pattern, line pattern, or line-ends pattern
Create the shape or shapes you want to designate as a pattern. You can create shapes from scratch, modify existing shapes, or insert bitmaps.