For floor plans visio 2013 includes a complete set of object stencils including everything from structural walls and doors to electrical plumbing and heating elements.
Create a floor plan in visio 2013.
On the file menu point to new point to maps and floor plans and then click floor plan.
Select the floor plan you want and select create.
The rulers now measure in feet instead of inches.
To work on a drawing at the same time all authors on windows need visio plan 2 and must be using the visio desktop app.
You can change these settings at any time.
In visio 2013 2016 go to developer tab in the show hide group check drawing explorer to display it.
On the first page of the space plan startup wizard select the type of image or drawing you want to add as a background.
Open a floor plan template select file new.
On the file menu point to new point to maps and floor plans and then click floor plan.
Select the units of choice and click create to create the floorplan.
Select templates maps and floor plans.
Visio provides extensive assets for working with all kinds of floor plans and maps.
Insert a cad floor plan.
You can change these settings at any time.
Expand foreground pages page 1 shapes select the door shape expand shapes under door select sheets one by one until the dimensions is selected in the drawing page sheet 13 in my example.
In the templates section click map and floor plans.
In the maps and floor plans template category click space plan create.
Make comments in real time and save multiple versions or layers for easy comparison.
See the subsequent procedures on how to do this.
Create or insert a floor plan.
Insert a cad floor plan.
Step 1 click on the file tab then select new followed by floor plan from the maps and floor plans section.
Coauthor and coedit your floor plan with colleagues for instant feedback.
By default this template opens a scaled drawing page in landscape orientation.
Create a space plan open visio.
You can do this one of three ways create a visio floor plan insert a cad floor plan or copy and paste an existing visio floor plan drawing into a new drawing.
For more information see change the drawing scale.
Select floor plan from the list of available templates.
You will notice that the options for floor plans are varied.
By default this template opens a scaled drawing page in landscape orientation.
Add shapes to represent machinery storage and shipping and receiving facilities.