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<DIV><SPAN class=471512118-06022003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Actually, depending on the version of Visio, there are templates for all
kinds of equipment, including shelving, by manufacturer, even down to
brand names and nuts and bolts. I wouldn't call Visio enterprise low
budget, though, except perhaps compared to AutoCAD. I've never tried it
over the net, but you can create html pages using it, so I suspect there are
ways.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=471512118-06022003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Charlotte Foust</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Arthur Fuller
[mailto:artful@rogers.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:17
AM<BR><B>To:</B> AccessD<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] OT: Visio / web UI
question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been asked to think about
building a low-budget CAD-like interface, very primitive, in which the
components you might consider are rectangles, basically, that you can assemble
in various configurations. You could think of it as the layout for a shelf
system. You can make L shapes and extend a shelf linearly by abutting two
shelves and so on. Doesn’t need to be 3-D, just needs to correspond visually
to the dimensions of the selected units. The user could select any combination
of units and position them this way and that, move them, save that version,
move them again, copy selected L-shaped object and then paste it over here,
save that, print quotes for both configurations, log off and revisit previous
configurations, and ultimately perhaps, buy one.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Can Visio work over the net? I can
see Visio filling the bill, we could just create shapes corresponding to the
shelf units from the various manufacturers, and you could position them any
way you want. We already have a license for Visio, an important
consideration.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If not Visio, can you suggest some
other way of approaching this problem with minimal investment in software?
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