Visio2002: AutoCAD Objects in Visio 2000 Appear Wider When Opened in Visio 2002

When you open a Microsoft Visio 2000 drawing in Microsoft Visio 2002, the AutoCAD object that you inserted in the Visio 2000 drawing is displayed incorrectly: The shape is wider than it appears in Visio 2000.

NOTE: If you manually change the width of the CAD object, you jeopardize the scale of the original drawing.

If scaling is not a concern, work around this issue by changing the width of the CAD drawing object. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the CAD drawing object, click Format, and then click Protection.
2. Click to clear the Width and Aspect ratio check boxes.
3. Use the size handles on the sides of the CAD drawing object to adjust the width.

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

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