Microsoft Visio Professional 2019

WHY MICROSOFT VISIO PROFESSIONAL 2019?

Supports industry standards

Visio’s huge shape library supports Unified Modelling Language (UML) 2.5, Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 and Specification and Description Language (SDL).

Simple, secure sharing

Share your diagrams from secure online repositories, like OneDrive for Business and SharePoint (sold separately).

Simple data linking

Connect your Visio shapes and diagrams to data from common internal and external sources. Insert data graphics or use formatting to reflect changes in the underlying data in your diagram.

Flexible editing

Easily change shapes in existing diagrams without losing your layout and shape connections, making it simple to change the look of your diagram without losing any of the work you’ve already done.

Data-driven diagramming

Automatically generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange or Azure Active Directory.

AutoCAD support

Ability to import DWG files, including enhanced file format support.

What’s new in Visio 2019

If you’re upgrading to Visio 2019 from Visio 2016, you’ll still have all the features you’re used to—and you’ll notice a few new ones as well!

Kick-start your diagrams
The Organization Chart, Brainstorming, and SDL templates have new starter diagrams to get you up and running quickly.

Built-in database model diagrams
The new Database Model Diagram template accurately models your database as a Visio diagram. No add-in required.

Create wireframe diagrams for websites
Bring ideas to life by using a Visio wireframe. A wireframe is a detailed visual model of an interface that is like a blueprint of functionality and content. These new Website Templates are ideal for creating a low-fidelity, design sketch to present ideas, arriving at a team consensus, and forming the basis of a high-fidelity wireframe.

New UML component diagrams
You can create UML component diagrams that show components, ports, interfaces and the relationships between them.

New UML communication diagrams
You can create UML communication diagrams that show the interactions between lifelines that use sequenced messages in a free-form arrangement.

New UML deployment diagrams
You can create UML deployment diagrams that show the architecture of a deployment of software artifacts to nodes.

Enhanced AutoCAD support
Before, Visio supported .dwg and .dxf files from AutoCAD 2007. With this update, you can import or open files that are from AutoCAD versions 2017 or prior.

Improved AutoCAD scaling
With this update, you will see scaling improvements when importing AutoCAD files. Just make sure to set a couple of properties first. In AutoCAD, make sure that the active tab is a layout tab, and not the model tab. Also, make sure that the Visio drawing scale is set to the same scale as the AutoCAD viewport scale. This article provides more detail. read more

Faster import of AutoCAD files
With this update, you will notice that AutoCAD import speed is greatly improved.

Instantaneous shape overlay
There used to be long delays when working with shapes on top of CAD files. With this update, there’s no delay.