Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Krishna Mukherjee
Hi, I have about 10 figures in Visio that need to go into my Frame document. Would a simple cut and paste work or is there a preferred method of working with Visio files if they are to be incorporated into the Frame Doc? Windows XP/Frame 7.2 (unstructured) Thanks,Krishna _

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Art Campbell
The accepted way to do this was to import Visio files as OLE objects, however OLE didn't always work reliably, especially if you were doing several files. Just lately, after installing XP SP3, even that limited method quit working for me and several others who have reported problems. If I were you

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Art Campbell wrote: > If I were you, I'd print to a PDF from Visio or SaveAs a graphic > format from Visio and import the resulting file as a referenced file. When I had to do this (a couple of years ago), I was advised to save the Visio diagram as a .wmf file, an

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Dennis Brunnenmeyer
Milan, et al ... >>When I had to do this (a couple of years ago), I was advised to save the Visio diagram as a .wmf file, and then import that.<< I've had all kinds of text/font related problems trying to use *.wmf files created by Visio in the past. Perhaps things have improved since, but I

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Fred Ridder
Commenting on how to import figures from Visio, Milan Davidovic wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Art Campbell > wrote: > > If I were you, I'd print to a PDF from Visio or SaveAs a graphic > > format from Visio and import the resulting file as a referenced file. > > When I had to do thi

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Rene Stephenson
al Message From: Dennis Brunnenmeyer To: Milan Davidovic ; Frame Users Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:58:46 PM Subject: Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame Milan, et al ... >>When I had to do this (a couple of years ago), I was advised to save the Visio diagram as a .wmf file, and then impo

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: > The accepted way to do this was to import Visio files as OLE objects, > however OLE didn't always work reliably, especially if you were doing > several files. Just lately, after installing XP SP3, even that limited > method quit working for me and several others who have rep

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Combs, Richard
Rene Stephenson wrote: > I've been successfully exporting TIF files from Visio and just importing > that into FM by reference. I'm afraid that's one of the raster file formats I suggested is an unwise choice for a vector drawing. If you're delivering only printed docs and use a sufficiently hi

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-30 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
The OLE linking of Visio files has worked well for me. I have tried PDF-ing the Visio and EPS-ing that in Acrobat. It sometimes works and sometimes crashes FM, like a couple of days since. I then saved the Visio as AutoCad and opened that in Illustrator, made some changes and EPS-ed that. No crash

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-30 Thread Rene Stephenson
We deliver mostly PDFs, and the majority of our customers work from printed (via laser printer, not press) PDFs, not the electronic file. We only use Visio for flowcharts and schematic diagrams -- just the simple line stuff. Almost all of our technical drawings are sourced in CorelDRAW 12, and

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-30 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 05:07 -0700 30/5/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >Of course, I solicit "best practice" information from all parties on this >list, so please don't hesitate to tell me where we're screwing up. ;-) I don't think you are, Rene, you've found what works for you and gone with it. Folks are correct in

Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Krishna Mukherjee
Hi, I have about 10 figures in Visio that need to go into my Frame document. Would a simple cut and paste work or is there a preferred method of working with Visio files if they are to be incorporated into the Frame Doc? Windows XP/Frame 7.2 (unstructured) Thanks,Krishna __

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Art Campbell
The accepted way to do this was to import Visio files as OLE objects, however OLE didn't always work reliably, especially if you were doing several files. Just lately, after installing XP SP3, even that limited method quit working for me and several others who have reported problems. If I were you

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Milan Davidovic
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I were you, I'd print to a PDF from Visio or SaveAs a graphic > format from Visio and import the resulting file as a referenced file. When I had to do this (a couple of years ago), I was advised to save the Visio diagram

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Dennis Brunnenmeyer
Milan, et al ... >>When I had to do this (a couple of years ago), I was advised to save the Visio diagram as a .wmf file, and then import that.<< I've had all kinds of text/font related problems trying to use *.wmf files created by Visio in the past. Perhaps things have improved since, but I

RE: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Fred Ridder
Commenting on how to import figures from Visio, Milan Davidovic wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I were you, I'd print to a PDF from Visio or SaveAs a graphic > > format from Visio and import the resulting file as a referenced file. > > When

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Rene Stephenson
al Message From: Dennis Brunnenmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Milan Davidovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Frame Users Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:58:46 PM Subject: Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame Milan, et al ... >>When I had to do this (a couple of years ago), I was advised to

RE: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Combs, Richard
Art Campbell wrote: > The accepted way to do this was to import Visio files as OLE objects, > however OLE didn't always work reliably, especially if you were doing > several files. Just lately, after installing XP SP3, even that limited > method quit working for me and several others who have re

RE: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-29 Thread Combs, Richard
Rene Stephenson wrote: > I've been successfully exporting TIF files from Visio and just importing > that into FM by reference. I'm afraid that's one of the raster file formats I suggested is an unwise choice for a vector drawing. If you're delivering only printed docs and use a sufficiently h

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-30 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
The OLE linking of Visio files has worked well for me. I have tried PDF-ing the Visio and EPS-ing that in Acrobat. It sometimes works and sometimes crashes FM, like a couple of days since. I then saved the Visio as AutoCad and opened that in Illustrator, made some changes and EPS-ed that. No crash

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-30 Thread Rene Stephenson
We deliver mostly PDFs, and the majority of our customers work from printed (via laser printer, not press) PDFs, not the electronic file. We only use Visio for flowcharts and schematic diagrams -- just the simple line stuff. Almost all of our technical drawings are sourced in CorelDRAW 12, and

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

2008-05-30 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 05:07 -0700 30/5/08, Rene Stephenson wrote: >Of course, I solicit "best practice" information from all parties on this >list, so please don't hesitate to tell me where we're screwing up. ;-) I don't think you are, Rene, you've found what works for you and gone with it. Folks are correct in