Visio Stencils User Guide

1 Visio Stencils User Guide

You must install Microsoft Office Visio Standard or Professional before you can view and use
Visio stencils. Visio stencil (.vss) files are included in the .zip file provided on this page. On
an Apple Mac system, the stencils can be used with OmniGraffle (by Omni Group), a drawing
and diagramming tool designed for the Apple Mac platform.

This document provides guidance for downloading, installing, and using Visio stencils.

1.1 Downloading Visio Stencils

Visio stencils of all enterprise networking products are compressed in one .zip file. Download
this .zip file to obtain all the Visio stencils.
You can decompress the .zip file into any directory.

Click the following link to download the Visio stencils:

http://enterprise.huawei.com/ilink/enenterprise/partners/partners-zone/channel-data-tool/prod
ucts-info/network-infrastructure/common-resources/index.htm

1.2 Opening Visio Stencils

Step 1 Start Visio on your computer.
Step 2 Choose File > Stencil > Open Stencil from the main menu.
Step 3 Select a .vss file decompressed from the .zip file. To open multiple .vss files, hold down
Ctrl while clicking the .vss files.

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1.3 Using Shapes

Step 1 Create a drawing on Visio.
Step 2 View the full names and remarks of shapes.
Each shape in a .vss file has a name to identify the module that the shape represents.
Move the mouse to a shape and suspend the mouse for 1s to 1.5s. Then the full name
and remarks of the shape will be displayed. For example, chassis shapes in the
Switches-Huawei S5700EI.vss file have full names of S5700 switches, and card
shapes in the Switches-Huawei S12700.vss file have full names of the cards for
S12700 switches, as well as the number of ports, port speeds, and encapsulation
modes of the cards.
Step 3 Drag any shapes from the .vss file to your drawing.
After dragging a chassis to your drawing, you can drag other modules (such as cards
and power modules) into the chassis.
The shape that you drag to the drawing first is placed at the bottom, and the shapes
dragged to the drawing later are stacked on the top. To change the position of a shape,
right-click the shape, choose Shape and click Send to Back or Bring to Front.
All shapes have glue points (blue x signs), through which modules can be attached to
a chassis.
Note that Visio does not ensure that modules are dragged to correct slots in a device.
For example, module A's size allows it to be placed in slots X and Y in a device, but
only slot X is the correct slot for module A. For details on suitable slots for various
modules, see the Hardware Description of the specific product. To download
Hardware Description of a product, visit http://support.huawei.com/enterprise.
Step 4 Resize shapes.
You can resize shapes on your drawing according to your needs. To retain
appropriate width-to-height ratio, use the control points (green squares on left and
right sides of a shape) to resize a shape.
If modules are glued to a chassis, the modules are also resized when you are resizing
the chassis. If modules are not glued to a chassis, do not resize the chassis or a
module separately. Otherwise, the module cannot be glued to the chassis due to
incorrect ratio of their sizes.
Hold down a control point of a shape and drag the mouse to zoom in or out the shape.
The width and height of the shape changes at the same time to keep the
constant width-to-height ratio. If the cursor is shaped like a plus sign, the resizing
operation is correct. If the cursor displays in a double-arrow shape, the shape cannot
be resized.

Thank you for download and use Huawei enterprise networking product Visio stencils. If you
have any questions about using the stencils, post your questions at
http://support.huawei.com/ecommunity.

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