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How to convert Visio drawings to CAD format in Visio 2003
Explains how to convert Visio drawings to CAD format by using the Save As command on the File menu in Visio 2003.
How to disable CAD files after you install Visio 2003 Service Pack 3
Describes how to disable CAD .dwg files after you install Visio 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3).
Documents are not correctly scaled when you save a Visio 2003 document as a CAD Display Object
When you try to save a Microsoft Office Visio 2003 document as a Computer Aided Design (CAD) Display Object, the resulting document will not be correctly scaled.

Visio 2003 appears to stop responding and takes a long time to save the drawing when you save a large Visio 2003 drawing as an AutoCAD Drawing (*.dwg)
Describes a problem that occurs when you save a Visio 2003 drawing as an AutoCAD Drawing in Visio 2003, Visio 2003 may appear to stop responding (hang) and may take a long time to save the drawing.
MS07-030: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio could allow remote code execution
Describes a security update for a reported vulnerability that could allow remote code execution in Microsoft Visio.
MS08-019: Description of the security update for Office Visio 2003: April 8, 2008
Resolves a security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Visio 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves this vulnerability.
Description of Visio 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office Visio 2003 SP3 contains significant security improvements and stability improvements. Some fixes that are included with SP3 have been previously released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one update.

The layer name of an AutoCAD drawing object is truncated when converted in Visio 2003
Describes when you try to convert CAD (.dwg, .dxf) files in Visio 2003, the AutoCAD drawing object layer name may be truncated. Requires that you use 31 characters or less for layer names for AutoCAD drawing object.
MBCS Characters in a .dwg File Are Displayed as Alphanumeric Characters When You Open the File in AutoCAD MText Editor
When you convert a Microsoft Office Visio 2003 drawing that contains Multi-Byte Character Set (MBCS) Japanese characters to AutoCAD (CAD) format by saving the drawing as a .dwg file, and then you open the .dwg file by using the MText Editor in AutoCAD,...
Only one CAD display object is displayed in your drawing after you save your drawing as a .dxf file in Visio 2003
Describes how you can see only one CAD display object when you convert a drawing to AutoCAD Interchange format in Visio 2003. To work around this issue, you can convert each CAD display object in the drawing to the Visio format.