Meraki Visio Stencil File Issues

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Meraki Visio Stencil File Issues

I'm trying to download some Visio stencils for Meraki equipment.

I found the following link in the product collateral database but I cannot seem to open the file.

https://meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/cisco-meraki-visio-stencils/?file

It downloads as a zip file but I cannot extract it with windows or with 7zip. I also tried changing the extension to .vss in case it was mislabelled but that also doesn't open.

Would love to know if anyone else is having the same problem, or if there's another place to get visio stencils from (especially for the newer MX and MR models)

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Hello,

 

about https://meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/cisco-meraki-visio-stencils/?file

This file contains an additional NewLine at the beginning of the file. After removing it (so that "PZ" are the first 2 characters in the file), I was able to open it.

 

Sadly I can't upload vss, zip or 7z files here =(

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CarolineS
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi!

 

I believe our most up-to-date Visio stencils are here: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/prod/visio/visio/security-cisco-meraki.zip. Unfortunately, they haven't been updated since December 2019. 

 

I have the same problem when I try to download from the link you provided (https://meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/cisco-meraki-visio-stencils/?file ) - I'll let the team know about that!

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

Caroline S | Community Manager, Cisco Meraki
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Hello,

 

about https://meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/cisco-meraki-visio-stencils/?file

This file contains an additional NewLine at the beginning of the file. After removing it (so that "PZ" are the first 2 characters in the file), I was able to open it.

 

Sadly I can't upload vss, zip or 7z files here =(

Brash
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@Greenberet Thank you, you're 100% right.
I opened it up in Notepad++, removed the new line from the top and now the zip opens fine.

Unfortunately it actually has less shapes than the file found on the Cisco.com website but that's another issue in of itself.

Greenberet
Head in the Cloud

@Jotishthe links are fine, but try to open the file in the second link

@Greenberet: Works fine for me. Please see the screenshots below.

 

MS Visio Pro 2019

 

Cisco Meraki VSS.PNG

 

Visio stencils are not Updated here: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/prod/visio/visio/security-cisco-meraki.zip. Kindly Update 

 

There is no Visio Stencils MX105, MX95

AmyReyes
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi @RaviKant, you can find the official page for Meraki stencils here https://meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/cisco-meraki-visio-stencils/.

You are correct that some may be missing or out of date, however. Our internal team is aware, and we are working on getting resources assigned to tackle this. 

 

In the meantime, there are a few good workarounds that @MerakiDave shares in this thread: https://community.meraki.com/t5/Off-the-Stack/Updated-Meraki-Visio-Stencils/m-p/138009/highlight/tru...

Jhon
Conversationalist

Hi,

 

Do we have updated Visio stencil for Meraki. I need MX75, MX85, MX95, and MX105/

 

Thank you for sharing in advance

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