New Business Diagramming Features Richer Internet Support Image Control Capabilities Compatible With Microsoft Products Compatible With Previous Versions Unequalled Solutions Platform Total Cost of Ownership Compatible With CAD Drawings Microsoft Visio 2000 delivers CAD compatibility for users who need to work with drawings created by computer-aided design software. The new CAD drawing conversion tools let users see exactly how the CAD drawing fits onto the Visio page - before the CAD drawing is imported.
Users can assign colors and line weights to each layer, as well as toggle the visibility of layers.
The position of the CAD drawing can be locked, and the drawing can be protected against cropping. The speed of importing CAD drawings is almost instant with Microsoft Visio. Users can pan and zoom designs, with background DWG and DGN files, as quickly as they can move the mouse. One of the new features is the ability to have Visio shapes snap to the underlying DWG geometry. This feature is very useful for people who need to add information to a DWG file but prefer to work in the easy and intuitive work environment of Visio.