Chemical Engineering Block Flow Diagrams in Microsoft Visio

This short video provides a beginner tutorial on how to generate block flow diagrams (BFDs) in Microsoft Visio Professional 2013 for use in chemical engineering applications. The principles outlined here are also applicable for process flow diagrams (PFDs) and process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).

Topics covered include:
• Engineering Stencils: Access, organization and quick shapes
• Process “Blocks”: Construction, resizing, reorienting and labeling
• Process Streams (Pipelines/Connectors): Attaching to blocks, labeling using shape data, adjusting weights, adding arrowheads, switching from horizontal to vertical line gaps in line overlaps, ensuring right angles
• Tag Formats: Altering pipeline/equipment tags using the process engineering tab
• Text Boxes: Adding boxes and text, adjusting text alignment, adjusting shape styles