okay, am I missing something with the AutoCAD/Visio interaction?

[pool guru]

Hi y'all,

I draw landscaping and pool plans with Visio and the issue I'm having
is a suspicion that I'm not doing things in the most efficient way
with respect to inserting AutoCAD drawings.
I typically get a civil engineer's grading plan emailed to me as
a .dwf file, then in Visio I go to
Insert > AutoCAD drawing..., then find the .dwf and insert it
basically in the same manner as one might insert a photo or a .pdf
file. Then, I begin the laborious process of tracing over the entire
AutoCAD drawing onto my Visio page...dragging, dropping, resizing
every single piece of the house, property lines, contour lines, and
everything else I need.
So my question is...can Visio just convert the AutoCAD walls into
Visio walls, the AutoCAD property line into Visio property lines, etc.
without me having to physically trace everything myself?

 

[David Parker]

If you ask for the files in dwg or dxf format (but version 12 at the
latest), then you should be able to insert and convert.
If they can't provide it in such an early version, then download DWG-2-DWG
from Amethyst...

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I had the same issue. Right click on the image in Visio and then select
Convert CAD Drawing (or something like that).

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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