Text Is Positioned Incorrectly When You Open an AutoCAD Drawing (830251)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Office Visio 2003, when you save a drawing as an AutoCAD drawing (.dwg file) and then open it again, the text may be positioned incorrectly. The text may no longer be in the same position that the text was in before you saved the file. Frequently, the text appears outside the shape.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur when all the following conditions are true:
  • The shape that contains the text has been flipped.
  • The shape that contains the text has been aligned left or right.
  • The shape that contains the text has had a text-transform applied to it.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to work with AutoCAD drawings in Visio 2003, click Search on the Help menu, type CAD drawings in the What would you like to know? box, and then click Search to view the topics.
For more information about Visio 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio
For additional information about text position and AutoCAD drawings, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

830198 Text Is Positioned Incorrectly in an AutoCAD Drawing When You Rotate and Align Text


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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/12/2006
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