One thing to consider is to not actually convert the AutoCAD file to Visio elements unless you need to make changes to the geometry from AutoCAD. This is the best information that I’ve seen on converting from AutoCAD to Visio: Both A9Converter and A9CAD offer very modestly priced “Pro” versions as well… great values! By the way, they also offer a free mini-CAD program that you can use as a DWG viewer called A9CAD. The A9Converter requires only about 5MB, is much easier to use for conversions than TrueView, and performs batch conversions on groups of files into multiple versions of DWG including the 2000/2002 format that Visio 20 recognize.Īs we said, both are free but the A9Tech solution is preferable for conversions.

In our opinion, a more elegant solution is available from A9Tech of Redmond, WA which is right in Microsoft’s backyard. However, TrueView requires a whopping 150+ MB of disk space and requires a lengthy installation process so if you do not need DWG viewing capabilities, it’s overkill. If you don’t have access to a copy of AutoCAD and would like to convert a late version DWG file to an earlier version that Visio can open, there are a couple of free tools that we have recently found to accomplish this. Hope is on the horizon with Visio 2010 but many of us cannot wait that long. Many of us in the Visio user community have struggled with Visio’s inability to convert AutoCAD files in DWG format versions later than 2000/2002.

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