Visio 2000 template in Visio 2003 (process engineering)

[Mike VV]

I just upgraded my Visio 2000 to Visio 2003 standard and tried to open the older "process engineering p&id" template. Visio 2003 gave me an error (after enabling macros to low security) stating that I needed to "define the add-in path." I searched for a download but came up empty.

How can I use the "process engineering" templates from Visio 2000 in Visio 2003 standard ediction?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

From your description, it appears that the PID shapes are in the group of
Visio solutions that involve a DLL for extra code in addtion to the
stencils. You need to copy the required DLL from Visio 2000 to Visio 2003,
but there is no guarantee that the code will work.

You may need to do some exploring in the template to determine the name of
the DLL you need.

John... Visio MVP

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I just upgraded my Visio 2000 to Visio 2003 standard and tried to open the

older "process engineering p&id" template. Visio 2003 gave me an error
(after enabling macros to low security) stating that I needed to "define the
add-in path." I searched for a download but came up empty.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

The Process Engineering add-on is part of Visio 2003 Professional Edition.
This add-on can upgrade the Visio 2000 document and work with those shapes.
You can open your existing diagram in Visio 2003 Standard Edition, but you
will not have access to the functionality provided in the add-on.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Mike:

So this was an upgrade from Visio 2000 Pro to Visio 2003 Std?

John... Visio MVP

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[Mike VV]

I discovered that the Process Engineering templates can be found on the original Visio 2000 Technical (bundled with Solid Works) edition CD-ROM in the "bin" folder. Each template is a self extracting file that allows the drawings, lists, and spec sheets to be placed in a working directory for use by Visio 2003. The project explorer and added functionality (menu items) of the Visio 2000 version is not found however. I am using Visio 2003 Standard. The literature states that Visio 2003 professional has this functionality albeit in a different way.

 

[Mike VV]

John,

Yes it was an upgrade from Visio 2000 Technical to Visio 2003 Standard. The Technical version was bundled with SolidWorks and the standard edition appears to be marketed to business rather than engineering users. I'll see how long it takes to reform a process engineering solution using the old files and then decide if a further upgrade is warranted. Thanks for your help!

 

[Mike VV]

Mark,

I appreciate your reply - It confirms that I did not improperly install my upgrade. I'll "import" the older files (lists, data sheets, drawings) and see about manually making a process engineering template... If this becomes too cumbersom, I'll look into a further upgrade from Standard to Technical. I was not able to find templates available and will keep looking on 3rd party sites.

Thanks!

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Ever since Visio Technical and Visio Professional were released with Visio 4
in 1995, there was always a problem with users trying to decide if they need
VT or VP or both. With Visio 2003, Visio Technical was dropped as a seperate
product and it's content was included with Visio Professional.

So your upgrade path should have been to Visio 2003 Pro rather than Visio
2003 Std, but that was probably not obvious.

John... Visio MVP

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John,

Yes it was an upgrade from Visio 2000 Technical to Visio 2003 Standard.

The Technical version was bundled with SolidWorks and the standard edition
appears to be marketed to business rather than engineering users. I'll see
how long it takes to reform a process engineering solution using the old
files and then decide if a further upgrade is warranted. Thanks for your
help!