Using Visio for Network Diagrams
Visio The basic idea is that Visio
provides connectable devices. Everything else flows from that concept.
Visio On the left side of your screen
you’ll have templates. On the right side, your diagram.
Select an icon from the template with the left mouse button and hold. Drag and drop it on your diagram.
Visio Use connectors to interconnect
devices. Once connected you can move the devices and they stay connected.
Visio Diagram
Ethernet
Workstation Workstation Workstation Workstation
Visio Diagram
Ethernet
Workstation Workstation Workstation
Workstation
Visio Diagram You can add backgrounds or
custom designed objects
Visio Diagrams From the file menu, you can select
alternate stencils (templates) and choose which you want to include in your diagram.
Visio Diagrams Assemble your devices on the
page as you see fit. You can rename them too, by double clicking the item.
Visio doesn’t understand what you’re doing, so you can easily make arbitrary choices that don’t make network sense.
Visio Diagrams
Workstation Workstation Workstation Workstation
HubServer
Moon rocket
Visio Diagrams Use the Shape menu to rotate,
align, or distribute items.
Visio Diagrams
WorkstationWorkstation
Workstation
Workstation
Visio Diagrams
Workstation Workstation Workstation Workstation
Visio Diagrams You can resize the item, change
the font, or stretch it into a new shape.
Visio Diagrams
Workstation
Visio Diagrams
Workstation
Visio Diagrams You can group items so they
function as a single item You can arrange things from the
front to back of your screen, hiding some things behind others
There’s a spell checker for your text You can change the color or width of
connections
Visio Diagrams
Workstation Workstation Workstation Workstation
HubServer
Moon rocket
Visio Diagrams You can fill icons with colors or
patterns You can rotate icons
Visio Diagrams
Token-ring Token-ring
Router
Visio Diagrams There’s an invisible grid on the
background of the page. Items will snap to that grid by default making it easier to line things up. You can turn this on or off.
You can build things in layers. This will allow you to easily remove detail that could occasional clutter your drawing