Free shapes and stencils for Microsoft Visio
Visio shapes stencils and templates
for Microsoft ® Visio ® 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019/Visio Online Plan 1 and Plan 2
Omnigraffle Pro, MyDraw, SmartDraw, ConceptDraw Pro and Lucidchart Pro.
66 Block and 110 Block stencil for Visio
A stencil containing 66 Block and 110 Block shapes. These are punchdown blocks (a type of connector) used for telecomms and network wiring. The blocks are used for terminating up to 25 or 50) solid copper wires. On these shapes each pin has a connection point for attaching standard Visio connectors.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
66/110 Block for Visio in .vss format | 66block.vss | 1.2 | 19th September 2020 | 325kB | Download now | Visio 2000/2002. |
66/110 Block for Visio in .vsx format | 66block.vsx | 1.2 | 19th September 2020 | 1086kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010/2013. |
66/110 Block for Visio in .vssx format | 66block.vssx | 1.2 | 19th September 2020 | 47kB | Download now | Visio 2013/2016/2019/Visio Online Plan 2. |
66/110 Block for Visio in .vsdx format | 66block.vsdx | 1.2 | 19th September 2020 | 60kB | Download now | Visio Online Plan 1. |
Universal chemical formula shape for Visio
A stencil containing a Universal chemical formula shape. When creating chemical formulae there can be a lot of formatting with subscripts, use this shape though and make it easy. Drag the shape onto your drawing, don't edit the shape's text directly, but edit the shape's Custom Properties (Shape Data),
enetering the letters and numbers into the shape's data fields. Whether it's a simple
or the more complex ethyl ethanoate
or butan-1-ol
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
Chemistry for Visio in .vss format | chemistry.vss | 1.0 | 19th September 2020 | 12kB | Download now | Visio 2000/2002. |
Chemistry for Visio in .vsx format | chemistry.vsx | 1.0 | 19th September 2020 | 44kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010/2013. |
Chemistry for Visio in .vssx format | chemistry.vssx | 1.0 | 19th September 2020 | 12kB | Download now | Visio 2013/2016/2019/Visio Online Plan 2. |
Chemistry for Visio in .vsdx format | chemistry.vsdx | 1.0 | 19th September 2020 | 16kB | Download now | Visio Online Plan 1. |
Circuit board shapes stencil for Visio
A stencil containing 3D circuit board shapes. These shapes used to be in our Electronics for Visio shapes but are now made available for free.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
Circuit boards for Visio | circuit-boards.vss | 1.4 | 19th September 2020 | 34kB | Download now | Visio 2000/2002/2007/2010. |
Circuit boards for Visio | circuit-boards.vssx | 1.4 | 19th September 2020 | 23kB | Download now | Visio 2013/2016/2019/Visio Online Plan 2. |
Circuit boards for Visio | circuit-boards.vsdx | 1.4 | 19th September 2020 | 35kB | Download now | Visio Online Plan 1. |
Shapes document for creating control systems diagrams in Visio
A document for creating control systems diagrams.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download |
Control systems for Visio | Example_control_system.vsd | 1.0 | 16th August 2020 | 32kB | Download now |
These shapes work with Visio 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Electronics breadboards shapes stencil for Visio
A stencil containing 2 electronics breadboard shapes with the standard 0.1" spacing.
Extract the stencil from the
zip file and put in the "My Documents\My Shapes" folder.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
Electronics breadboards for Visio (VSS format) | breadboards.vss | 1.1 | 19th September 2020 | 923kB | Download now | Visio 2000/2002/2007/2010. |
Electronics breadboards for Visio (VSX format) | breadboards.vsx | 1.1 | 19th September 2020 | 3893kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010. |
Electronics breadboards for Visio (VSSX format) | breadboards.vssx | 1.1 | 19th September 2020 | 131kB | Download now | Visio 2013/2016/2019. |
Fire Diamond shape stencil for Visio
A stencil containing a Fire Diamond shape.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
Fire Diamond for Visio | fire-diamond.vss | 1.1 | 19th September 2020 | 13kB | Download now | Visio 2000/2002/2007/2010. |
Fire Diamond for Visio | fire-diamond.vsx | 1.1 | 19th September 2020 | 38kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010. |
Fire Diamond for Visio | fire-diamond.vssx | 1.1 | 19th September 2020 | 12kB | Download now | Visio 2013/2016/2019. |
Grafcet (Sequential Function Charts) diagram shapes stencil and template for Visio
Grafcet diagrams (or Sequential Function Charts) are used to illustrate and specify the operation of reactive systems.
These stencils (both metric and US units) contain shapes and symbols for creating Grafcet
diagrams very quickly within Microsoft Visio.
All the shapes glue together nicely, Transition and Action shapes should be dropped in the
middle of the flow line, Branch Start and Branch End shapes have connection points set up for up to four branches, if more branches are needed
then you can just add a new Branch symbol alongside.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with: |
Grafcet for Visio msi file | Visio_grafcet_2015_04_10.msi | 1.1 | 16th August 2020 | 332kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Grafcet for Visio zip file | Visio_grafcet_2015_04_10.zip | 1.1 | 16th August 2020 | 29kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019, Omnigraffle Pro and ConceptDraw Pro. |
Example Diagram
A very simple example diagram.
This software works with:
- Microsoft Visio 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 or 2016 (any version, Standard, Professional or Premium) and Visio for Office 365.
- ConceptDraw Pro on Mac OSX and Windows.
- Omnigraffle Pro on the Mac and iPad.
Comments:
message: Visio_grafcet_2015_04_10.msi
Running Visio Pro 2016 and Windows 10
The text of the Transition shape is overlapping the shape. I think the text should be just to the right of the shape or allow a repositioning.
Reply
Use the Text Block tool to move the text to the required location.
MASCOT shapes stencil for Visio
A stencil containing MASCOT shapes.
MASCOT was a software design methodology developed by the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK from the 1970s and 1980s.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with: |
MASCOT stencil for Visio | MASCOT.vsx | 1.1 | 19th September 2020 | 236kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Multi-tree Connector
A document containing a grouped connector similar to the multi-tree square connector, but allowing individual line ends and other line settings to be made.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with: |
Multi-tree square connector for Visio | connector1.vsd | 1.0 | 16th August 2020 | 19kB | Download now | Visio 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Occam shapes stencil and template for Visio
A stencil that can be used to create drawings as per the example below. The template provides a blank drawing canvas and defines the way connections flow on a drawing. All the symbols have connection points at suitable locations.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download |
Occam for Visio | occam.zip | 1.2 | 16th August 2020 | 36kB | Download now |
These shapes work with Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Shapes template for creating PEST-SWOT diagrams in Visio
Three templates for creating PEST (and PESTEL/PESTLE) and SWOT diagrams for business and marketing analysis.
(PEST = Political, Economic, Social, Technological)
(SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats).
This has now been updated to include a PESTEL (or PESTLE) template (E = Environmental, L = Legal)
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download |
PEST-SWOT for Visio | pest_swot.zip | 1.2 | 16th August 2020 | 50kB | Download now |
These shapes work with Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Plastics recycling shapes stencil for Visio
A stencil of shapes for plastics recycling.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
Plastics recycling for Visio | plastics-recycling.vss | 1.2 | 19th September 2020 | 304kB | Download now | These shapes work with Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010. |
Plastics recycling for Visio | plastics-recycling.vssx | 1.2 | 19th September 2020 | 66kB | Download now | These shapes work with Visio 2013/2016/2019. |
Protocol Stack shapes stencil and template for Visio
A stencil that can be used to create protocol stack layer and
message drawings as per the example below.
The template provides a blank drawing canvas and defines the way connections flow on a drawing.
All the symbols have connection points at suitable locations.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
Protocol Stack for Visio | protocol_stack.zip | 1.3 | 16th August 2020 | 20kB | Download now | These shapes work with Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Resource Allocation Graph shapes
Some time ago a user asked about how to get hold of shapes to do Resource Allocation Graphs, here are some shapes you can use to create diagrams of this type.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download |
Resource Allocation Graph shapes | Resource_Allocation_Graph_Shapes1.zip | 1.1 | 16th August 2020 | 11kB | Download now |
This shape works with Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Syntax diagram shapes for Visio
Syntax diagrams (also called railroad diagrams) can be used to illustrate the grammar of a computer language as per the example below. The diagram contains all the shapes, just copy and paste to create your own. All the symbols have connection points at suitable locations.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download | Works with |
Syntax diagrams for Visio | syntax_diagram.vsd | 1.0 | 19th September 2020 | 70kB | Download now | These shapes work with Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |
Warning signs shape stencil for Visio
A stencil containing warning sign shapes.
Description | File | Version | Date | Size | Download |
Warning Signs for Visio | warning-signs.zip | 1.6 | 16th August 2020 | 292kB | Download now |
These shapes work with Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019. |