Right-click on the Plan View tab and select Insert Page. Make sure you are on a Plan Page Type in the Visio Project:Ģ0)Create a background page in Visio. Insert AutoCAD File into Visio as a Backgroundġ9)Create a new SI 5 Visio project or open an existing SI 5 Visio project.
G) Run the Command: base Set point to 0,0,0ġ8)Select File->Save as … and save the drawing in AutoCAD 2000/LT2000 Drawing format.Īt this stage the file is ready to be exported at its cleanest and most Visio compatible state. To set a new arbitrary point to use as a reference follow these commands:į) Pick the arbitrary point somewhere in the lower left beyond the boundary of the drawing This is usually an architect’s mistake or the drawing was based off of a civil drawing. Sometimes the base point will be set off of the page. You want the base point to be close to the drawing. This “L” will be called the “reference block” When done, hit the Esc key. The corner of the angle is the “0,0,0 point” of the AutoCAD drawing. ġ6)Draw another line at the pivot point along the y-axis to form a 90 degree angle. This is very important if you want the Visio shapes to match the floor plan on export.ġ4)Draw the line along the x axis to the right of the ‘zero point’ and then hit the. The pivot point of the line is the “origin” or “zero point” of the drawing. This will find the origin point of the CAD drawing. This sets the insertion base point to 0,0,0.ġ3)Run the Command: line 0,0,0. Check “ Purge nested items” and uncheck “ Confirm each item to be purged”.ġ0)Click until all items are purged (you may have to do this more than once) and then click to exit the form.ġ1)Run the Command: audit Type y to fix any errorsġ2)Run the Command: Base Then type 0,0,0. Ĩ) Run the Command: purge The Purge form will open:ĩ) Purge removes unused entities from the drawings. If the xref Status is “ Not Found” or “ Unloaded”, then select all files, click the button and then click. This will bind any externally referenced files to this file. The Bind Xrefs dialog will open.ħ) Select the Insert option and then click. It is up to the Architect or the person putting together the file to determine which files are needed to be added or deleted from the drawing.Ħ) If there are xrefs, select all files then click the button. The Xref Manager dialog will open.Īn xref is an external reference to other CAD files. Zoom extents will fill the page with the entire drawing.ĥ) Run the Command: xref. Ĥ) Run the Command: zoom Type e for “extents”. Verify that the “ Type” is set to Architectural and the “ Units to scale inserted content” is set to Unitless. Choose a file name and path, and change the Insert units to “Unitless”.ĭ) Now open the new file you just created in AutoCAD and start over with the Preparing an AutoCAD file for insertion into Visio” process.ģ) Run the Command: units. You will be returned to the Write Block form.
The Write Block form will open:Ĭ) Select the objects and then click on the keyboard. Many AutoCAD Drawings have multiple “views” as shown below:įollow these steps to create a new separate drawing file for each view:Ī) Run the command wblock. The following commands will clean up the drawing and set the reference point.Ģ) Verify that there is only one “view” in the Drawing. Open original file in AutoCAD in Model Space. This process assumes the user is working on an Architectural file. If you don’t have AutoCAD, see if you can get the person who gave you the floor plan to follow these instructions. You will need a current version of AutoCAD and some basic knowledge of AutoCAD or AutoCAD Lt to complete this process. Prepare the AutoCAD File for Insertion (requires AutoCAD)
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