Microsoft KB Archive/299215

= Visio2002: Visio Stops Responding When You Convert an AutoCAD Drawing =

Article ID: 299215

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q299215





SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to convert an AutoCAD drawing, Microsoft Visio may stop responding, and then you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you attempt to convert an AutoCAD document that is located within a Visio drawing that is itself embedded in a second Visio drawing.



RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, convert the AutoCAD drawing contained in the first Visio drawing before you insert the Visio drawing as an embedded object in a second Visio drawing. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Visio and open the .vsd file that contains the AutoCAD drawing.
 * 2) Right-click the CAD drawing object, point to CAD Drawing Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Convert.
 * 3) In step 1 of the Convert Wizard, click Next.
 * 4) In step 2 of the Convert Wizard, select Delete selected DWG layers, and then click Finish.
 * 5) On the File menu, click Save, and then close the file.
 * 6) On the File menu, click Open, select the Visio drawing into which you want to insert the file that contains the converted AutoCAD drawing, and then click Open.
 * 7) On the Insert menu, click Object.
 * 8) In the Insert Object dialog box, select Microsoft Visio Drawing, click Create from file, and then click Browse.
 * 9) In the Browse dialog box, select the file that contains the converted AutoCAD drawing, and then click Open.
 * 10) Click OK to complete the insertion of the Visio drawing.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about converting AutoCAD files, type Convert a CAD drawing into Visio format in the Ask a question box or the Answer Wizard, and then press ENTER to view the topics.

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB299215

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