Visio for mac

Since the January, 15 the Mac Office 2008 is on sale and there is still no Visio included. So there is no Visio for Mac at this time.

If you want to share your Visio documents on Mac OS X computers or work on Mac with somebody’s Visio documents, which were created on PC, you have to find some other way.

Of course, you can always find some alternative software which works on Mac OS X and can offer you the same functions as Visio. MS Visio VSD is closed-format, so If you need to work with existing Visio documents on Mac OS X you have to convert them to other format.

You must convert your Visio documents in Visio XML format in order to work with them in ConceptDraw 7 or another software which is support the Visio XML files. To convert a VSD-file to Visio XML you can use the Save as… dialog in Visio or use the online VSD converter.

Having your Visio documents converted to Visio XML files you can import them to the ConceptDraw and work as with regular ConceptDraw documents both on PC and Mac. ConceptDraw offers the same functions as Visio and even more. It has lots of simple library objects, “smart” library objects and cliparts.

Then you can export these documents from ConceptDraw 7 CDD format back to Visio XML and continue your work in Visio on PC.

ConceptDraw 7 is a powerful business and technical diagramming package for both Windows and Macintosh.

It is intended for drawing schemes and diagrams of different kinds: business diagrams and flowcharts, network diagrams and software charts, technical drafts, floor and landscape plans.

ConceptDraw 7 offers a wide choice of powerful and easy-to-use tools for quickly creating all kinds of charts and diagrams. Even if you’ve never used a drawing tool before, it’s very easy to create high-quality professional graphic documents with ConceptDraw 7. That’s possible thanks to the program’s intuitive interface, comprehensive drawing capabilities, and many pre-drawn library shapes. Templates will help to quickly create most common documents.



At the same time the comprehensive professional features of ConceptDraw 7 allows you to develop graphical enclosures to various corporate solutions. Use ConceptDraw 7 to visualize and share information you work with every day, prototype new ideas, systems, and solutions.
Read what people say about this powerful tool “My whole family uses ConceptDraw. I use it mainly for business - to draw all sorts of process flow charts, project overview diagrams, mind maps and the like. My daughter uses it for various bits of her college work. The science based templates were one of my main reasons for buying the program in the first place. We also use it for our hobbies and interests. We have used it to produce directional maps, sleeping plans for church group outings, various charts and notices for our local church and other church groups.” - Neil Mackrell, a Senior Project Manager

Using ConceptDraw you can work with MS Visio documents on Mac. By default MS Visio uses a closed binary format for its documents. ConceptDraw does not support importing MS Visio documents in closed binary format, but you can work with documents saved in MS Visio XML format.
From inside Visio save your working document as a MS Visio document in XML format. If you just have a document in binary MS Visio format only and do not have access to Visio, you can use the free converter to change MS Visio files to MS Visio XML format. To use this service, send your file in MS Visio format to vsdconvertor@csodessa.com. The converted file will be sent back to your e-mail.

For example you have a simple flow chart created on PC in MS Visio. And you need to work with this document in Mac OS X.

To improve it using ConceptDraw tools and cliparts on Macintosh you need to export this document to XML format. Use Save As… dialog from the menu File and select *vdx format from the formats list.

Use the converter as were mentioned above if you have ready Visio-document only.

Now that you have the XML file you need to import it to the ConceptDraw. Use the File \ Import \ XML for Visio… command.

Note: The formula syntax for “smart” objects is different in ConceptDraw, so these MS Visio XML objects will display as ordinary objects without formu­las after importing them into ConceptDraw.

Imported document will look as usual ConceptDraw document.

You can edit and improve this document using all ConceptDraw tools and features. Your document can look as follows:

Now, in order to continue work with this document in MS Visio, you need to export this document in XML for Visio format. On the File menu click Export.
Choose XML for Visio …
Select the place for a new file and name. Press OK.

This XML file edited with ConceptDraw on Mac can be opened and edited on PC with MS Visio as ordinary MS Visio document.

With ConceptDraw XML import and export capability you can work with many of your MS Visio documents, share documents with your team members who use MS Visio and work with MS Visio documents on the Macintosh.

ConceptDraw 7

is an alternative to MS Visio for MAC and PC.

What are the advantages of ConceptDraw 7 over Visio?

• Cross-Platform Compatibility
  The main advantage, of course, is that ConceptDraw 7 is a cross-platform software. That means it can be run it both on PC, and on Apple Macintosh! Lately many people have faced difficulties with sharing their documents among Mac users. But from now on, you will have such a problem no longer, as using ConceptDraw 7 you will be able to work on Macintosh with a document created on PC. To run Visio on Macintosh you had to install a virtual machine to emulate PC, which made work difficult and slow a great deal. Now many users find ConceptDraw 7 a better analog of Visio for Macintosh. If you prefer working in Macintosh environment, then ConceptDraw 7 is your choice.

• Obtainable price
  Another factor of no less importance in choosing software is its price. Here ConceptDraw 7 turns more beneficial at the price $299 for Professional version versus $499 for the similar version of Visio.



• Import & Export
  Another ConceptDraw 7 peculiarity that is worth stressing upon is export to PDF and PowerPoint formats. Now you can easily design presentations and print your documents.
• Numerous of specialized shape libraries
  ConceptDraw 7 users, as well as Visio users, have an opportunity to work with numerous external libraries; with their help you can create various documents with no need to search for the necessary elements for your diagrams in other software products.
• Built-In Script Language
  The next point to be considered is the in-built language in ConceptDraw 7. It is ConceptDraw Basic. Unlike VBA language used in Visio, ConceptDraw Basic is much simpler to learn and use. You will not need any extra studying to use it, which will save you money.
• MS Visio Support
  A specific feature of products from CS Odessa Corp. is their intercompatibility. Thus, once created with the help of any other CS Odessa product, your document is fully compatible with ConceptDraw 7. For instance, at projecting of a network you use MindMap for brainstorming. Your MindMap documents can further be used in ConceptDraw 7 at work in your project.
• Import files from Visio
  In case you used Visio before and now decided to switch to ConceptDraw 7, here is another good news for you – ConceptDraw 7 supports import of files from Visio, using XML format. Thus, starting a new product you will not lose your documents created in Visio and you will not have to create them anew. Moving to new software for you will lie in just the following:
• Export of your documents from Visio to XML format.
• Import of these documents to ConceptDraw 7.
• Free technical support
  All ConceptDraw 7 users, unlike those of Visio, get professional technical support free, which is quite a nice and useful extra point to all the ConceptDraw 7 features.

ConceptDraw 7 wurde fürs Erstellen von professionellen Diagrammen, sowie Flussdiagrammen und Illustrationen kreiert. Seine flexible, bequeme Tools helfen Benutzern komplexe Strukture, Systeme und Prozesse schnell und problemlos zu dokumentieren.

Die mithilfe von ConceptDraw 7 erstellten Tabellen können als MS Visio XML Dateien und MS PowerPoint Presentationen gespeichert werden. Dank seiner umfangreichen Bibiliothek der vorgefertigten Formen eignet sich das Programm hervorragend für die meisten Tabellen- und Diagrammenaufgaben. Macht ConceptDraw 7 zu Eurem effizienten Assistenten und erstellt hochqualitative Grafiken!

Microsoft Visio is diagramming software for Microsoft Windows. It uses vector graphics to create diagrams.
Microsoft Visio is available only for Windows. If you want to use diagramming software on MAC then use need to use visio alternatives ConceptDraw or other.
Visio is available in Standard and Professional versions. Professional version has additional templates for more advanced diagrams and layouts as well as unique functionality that makes it easy for users to connect their diagrams to a number of data sources and display the information graphically.
Visio is not cheap software thats why I recommend you to use alternatives. They do the same work but cost less.

.vsd
Visio drawing file.
You can open/view .vsd files on Mac and Win with ConceptDraw
or with Visio 2002 Viewer if you use Windows.

Visio File formats:

Microsoft Visio is diagramming software for Microsoft Windows. It uses vector graphics to create diagrams.
There are Mac alternatives, such as ConceptDraw 7

If you want to open vsd file on mac the fastest way is to use

Free ConceptDraw Visio File Converter.

It’s a free web service, provided by Computer Systems Odessa that is available to anyone who uses diagramming software and has a requirement to open Visio (VSD) documents.
The service converts files from Visio binary file format VSD into Visio XML files which then have a VDX extension.