Visio Stencils

[Ironman]

Anyone know where to get some clean Visio stencils for Network gear? I got tired of using the Cisco PPT and 3015 packs.

[mmcgurty]

It will cost you some dough, but Netzoom (http://www.netzoom.com/home/index.aspx) has nice stencils.  I think this runs us about $1200/year.  Well worth it in my opinion.

There is also Visiocafe (http://www.visiocafe.com/) as well but I doubt you will find anything as nice as Netzoom.

[SimonV]

The Cisco ones from VSDFX are what you need:

http://www.visiocafe.com/vsdfx.htm





Damn, mmcgurty beat me to it

[Ironman]

Nice, thanks for that link. Those look good!

The Network Symbols 3D is exactly what I was looking for!

[icecream-guy]

the official Cisco Visio Stencils are here:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/visio-stencil-listing.html

[Ironman]

Yea, I have those. I was looking for a more generic set.

[deanwebb]

I just use MSPaint and that leads to other people getting assigned with doing the network drawings.

[hizzo3]

I just use MSPaint and that leads to other people getting assigned with doing the network drawings.

Glad to see you've moved up from cocktail napkins.

[Network2501]

I use the ones that Stretch mentioned ages ago. Otherwise i use boxes with some customer connector points.]

The third option which i use the most is an icon inside a box with custom connector points around the outside which are percentage based so resizing doesn't ruin things.

[that1guy15]

yeah i hate stencils. They never line up right and it all just gets messy once the diagram get complex. Boxes and circles for everything with device details in the center.

But not everyone likes this so I understand.

[Network2501]

But not everyone likes this so I understand.

After a while people end up here. It's only a matter of time.

[hizzo3]

But not everyone likes this so I understand.

After a while people end up here. It's only a matter of time.

In visio you can add properties to your shape that you can use instead of boxes. Its great if you start using any VBA to process data behind it. I use it for process analysis.

[that1guy15]

I hear yah but I try as hard as possible to keep it simple.

Its like pulling teeth to get any team to update documentation even more so if its complex.

[Network2501]

At some point you realise the cute pictures are just that and aren't needed any more. Does having X cuteness help me convey Y information? No, no it doesn't and suddenly boxes become your go to.

Not everyone will agree with this and maybe one day you will but it's a record I've heard play many times and people arrive at the same place.

[deanwebb]

Our management expects a certain ratio of cuteness:geekiness in a report.