Importing dwg files into visio

To convert it to. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Thank you for your responses. I am working with the creator to see if the above tips help. My guess is that the foreign object may be an imported image. I'm going to see if just the visio created objects can be converted. Figure When you import a CAD drawing, you can hide layers or levels by clearing the Visible option, which makes the drawing display faster in Visio.

If that view was percent, you might not see much of your drawing in Visio. To avoid these and similar problems, ask your CAD program operator to make the following adjustments to the CAD drawing before providing it to you:. Importing a CAD File By importing, you add a CAD drawing to a Visio drawing file as a display-only background on top of which you can add shapes or review comments, as Figure shows.

Figure When you import a CAD drawing as a background layer, you can use Visio shapes and text to annotate it. CAD drawings are often large files and importing them into a drawing may make Visio respond sluggishly on slower computers.

Locate and select the CAD file you want, and then click Open. Click OK. In the CAD Drawing Scale area, select the scale you want to use, which does not need to match the scale of the Visio drawing page. If you want to be able to reposition or resize the imported drawing, clear the Lock Position and Lock Cropping check boxes.

If you want to hide some of the layers or levels in the CAD drawing, click the Layer tab, and then clear the Visible option for those layers. Although shapes in previous versions of Visio could snap to the underlying geometry of imported CAD drawings, snap support is more accurate in this version.

You can also snap to endpoints and midpoints in DWG files, as Figure shows. However, if you have difficulty snapping the shape where you want it, drag a guide from one of the rulers and snap to the guide instead.

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Failure while chamfering. Message 1 of 6. Convert DWG to Visio. Many Thanks. Message 2 of 6. Hi If you just need to insert the drawing into visio it should not be a problem. Convert an AutoCAD drawing. Import an AutoCAD drawing. Building plans and maps. Convert multiple AutoCAD drawings. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No.