Importing files into visio

[I/E group]

We want to start modifying electrical and piping schematics on our computers,
will visio professional work for us? We will want to import existing files,
either autocad or pdf, and be able to delete parts and add parts(mostly lines
and symbols). Autocad is a huge learning curve for most of us, hopefully
Visio will serve the purpose.
Thanks.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

If you use a .pdf file, it's basically one big picture. No editing.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[nrdgrl]

There are two products which will break PDF files down into objects for
editing in Visio. pdf2cad converts PDF to DXF (you need to open the drawing
as DXF in Visio and right-click to "CAD Object, Convert" to make it editable)
and pdf2picture converts PDF to WMF (you need to use "Shape, Grouping,
Ungroup to break it dwn into objects). Free trials of both can be found in
the Office Marketplace. They are both from www.visual-integrity.com.

If you use a .pdf file, it's basically one big picture. No editing.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

We want to start modifying electrical and piping schematics on our
computers,
will visio professional work for us? We will want to import existing
files,
either autocad or pdf, and be able to delete parts and add parts(mostly
lines
and symbols). Autocad is a huge learning curve for most of us, hopefully
Visio will serve the purpose.
Thanks.