How Visio 2007 Works with CAD Programs

Experienced CAD users might come to Visio 2007 with expectations that Visio can’t meet. Visio 2007 was never intended to be a substitute for high-end drafting and design tools. However, many people who work with drafters, engineers, and architects simply want the benefit of working with their drawings without having to take a CAD class first. That’s where Visio 2007 can help. Visio 2007 provides several methods of bringing CAD files into a Visio document or using Visio diagrams in a CAD program. You can do the following:

  • Import a CAD drawing for display only. Visio 2007 online Help refers to this as “inserting” a CAD drawing. Visio 2007 displays a copy of the CAD drawing as an OLE embedded object that you ...

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