Any way to import PDF files into Visio?

[Jeff]

I'm working with floorplans but only have them in pdf format. I've tried
pdf2picture but that didn't really work. Any ideas?

 

[Al Edlund]

often what happens is that users import the picture onto a background page
and then attempt to draw the visio construct over the top. the two products
use different 'drawing' constructs which are not compatible.
al

 

[Jeff]

Hi Al,

Can you advise on how to import in as a background page? I don't see any
way to import pdf into Visio. Thanks.
jf

 

[Al Edlund]

create a background page and then copy/paste in the pdf picture.
al

 

[Jeff]

Thanks Al,

Sounds good. I'll give that a try.

jeff

 

[Jeroen Dekker]

I'm working with floorplans but only have them in pdf format. I've tried
pdf2picture but that didn't really work. Any ideas?

Jeff, I work for the company that makes and sells pdf2picture, and happened
to run across your posting. It's a couple of months old, but perhaps you
still need a solution. You are welcome to email me a sample PDF floorplan,
and I'll see if our software can produce WMF results that do meet your
requirements. It has several options you can tweak.

Jeroen Dekker
Visual Integrity
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Bill Derby]

Has anyone found a way to work with pdf files in Visio? I can import them and
work with them but I am not able to save them. I have tried several times and
have gotten 2 different messages. The first message says that I am out of
memory. This is not the case according to our IT guys. The other message
reads: Visio internal error: #3400 Action 1005: Save as

First try closing and reopening the file. Next try restarting Visio.

None of these actions solve the problem. I am hoping that someone may have
run into this issue.

Thank you.

 

[Andy]

I've seen the save as problem. The only solution i have found for that
is to select the pdf and then ungroup it so that it is then just a
picture. Obviously after that you can't use it as an object.