Visio Importer needs serious help

[Tad Anderson]

I don't use Visio, but 95% of my business users do, and 100% for them use it for flowcharts.

I cannot believe the Visio importer does not import flowcharts correctly.  It turns all flowchart elements into text boxes, seriously?

This is something that Sparx seriously needs to work on.  No, not flowcharts...  imports from Visio period.

The rest of the imports stink too.  I spent the morning playing with them.

I cannot convert an organization that has used Visio forever to Sparx if they cannot move their work smoothly.

[Eve]

There is an updated Visio import as part of the MDG Integration for Microsoft Office add-in.

There are still some situations the old one is better, but if memory serves me correctly it does deal with flow charts better.

Unfortunately, Visio in general requires a lot of guess work to import from. It doesn't have any real model behind the images, which obviously makes constructing a model complex.

[Tad Anderson]

Thanks for the reply.  I tried both versions.  Blows that it can't be improved, but I get it.  Visio has always been a pain in the butt.

[qwerty]

As a drawing tool it's really marvelous. Problems come, when people use things for matters they were never intended to be used. A weapon is basically a lot of steel and a few other chemicals. What makes it dangerous is the person, that is using it.

q.

[Tad Anderson]

@ qwerty

I should have said "Interoping with Visio has ..."