What are the major differences between MS Visio & AutoCAD?

One neat thing about Visio is hat you can get it to automatically draw digrams fromn a text file, which you can admittedly do with AutoCAD, but it also has line objects called Connectors that can be "glued" to stick to the objects no matter where you move them. It rocks for logical diagrams showing how things are connected. As far as drawing floorplans and stuff, Visio Chokes on large DWG's so the import feature is rather bunk. I have had several 100-700kB simple CAD drawings that took 45 minutes to import and once imported, the visio doc would crash frequently.

Visio is mainly for simple line diagrams like flowcharts, circuit diagrams, organisational hierarchies and it's very good at it. If that's all you need to produce, use Visio. AutoCAD is a CAD programme (as you know). It's like comparing Notepad to Word.

I agree with Mr. Mohamed Rabie....he answer perfect.

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MS visio is more easy due to the following reason; auto-cad is by nature inflexible and cost consuming...

Visio is that you can get it to automatically draw digrams fromn a text file, which you can do with AutoCAD. It outstsnds for logical diagrams showing how things are connected. drawing floorplans, Visio Chokes on large DWG's so the import feature is rather bunk. The CAD drawings which takes more time to import and once imported, the visio doc would crash frequently.

Using of auto cad is very simple.

Ms Visio or Auto CAD is ARCHITECTURER Softwear 

Diffrence is Ms Visio only wokr for 2D Work or AutoCAD is fully optional softwear to make drwaing or design Visio is mainly for simple line diagrams like flowcharts, circuit diagrams, organisational hierarchies and it's very good at it. If that's all you need to produce, use Visio. AutoCAD is a CAD programme (as you know). It's like comparing Notepad to Word.

I havn't'used Auto cad but in Visio we can prepare a Data driven diagram,we can have the data report run in the background.In auto cad i believe we cannot run the data in the background.

In Visio we can add predefined stencils (shape) as well as add new data driven stencils as per our requirement.

Visio can capture real layout from ground to paper with maximum accuracy (upto 100%). Very useful for Oil and gas well owners.It helps to make accurate Production measurement drawings specially for maintaining and reporting the production to their regulatory boards.

 

I think two different applications, one is for diagramming & the other is for drafting & designing.

But Autocad is very popular worldwide.i prefer Autocad..

I haven't used ms vision in my life but autocad gives you profficinality and that's not just my opinion it would be the same for millions of engineers around the world because just when you've been attached to small details that is the truly prifficion just same as adobe softwares Microsoft softwares in my opinion is for biggeners and amatures where any one can find it easy to work in without any training so also the results which comes from it would be poor too and just in addition to this Microsoft softwares are the bad softwares to make a print out from specially on big sizes