What program do you use to open VSD files?

A Visio file, which comes with extensions of .vsd, .vsdx, .vdx, is the native file format of drawings created by Microsoft Visio program. It contains texts, data, visual objects, flow charts, diagrams, etc. and is widely used to create lively visualizations for diagramming, modeling…

Microsoft Visio is widely viewed as the best way to open a Visio file, because it creates Visio files itself. However, the expensive license, not intuitive UI, slow and cumbersome running, all are the reasons pushing users for an alternative to open Visio files without Microsoft Visio. So, here we will show you how by using 3 different tools.

• Cisdem Document Reader
• Lucidchart
• ASPOSE Online Visio Viewer

 Cisdem Document Reader

View, Bookmark, Convert, Print XPS/OXPS on Mac

• View single or multiple XPS/OXPS files, also open PDF, WPD, WPS, DJVU, VSD, Winmail.dat, etc.
• Convert XPS/OXPS or other files to PDF, Text, Image or other formats
• Rotate, bookmark, print XPS or other files, also extract images from the files
• Search word in files
• Customize toolbar for user friendly experience
• Easy to use

Cisdem Document Reader

Cisdem Document Reader is the best program to open Visio files without MS Visio on Mac. It can read multiple windows-based document types, including Visios (vsd, vdx, vsdx), DjVu, WordPerfect, WPS, XPS, OXPS, Winmail.dat and PDF. Cisdem Document Reader loads files quickly and smoothly, renders the diagrams, charts and layouts the same as original. 

You can find the reasons why Cisdem Document Reader is picked as follows:

• Open Visio Files Fast

Cisdem Document Reader open both small and large Visio files quickly, it loads files instantly right after drag&drop and opens multiple Visio files under different tabs, you can just switch between different Visio files to compare or fetch wanted information.

• Read Visio Files enjoyably

It offers a full set of tools to read files as you want. You can use the Thumbnails, page-by-page or two-page view mode, zoom in or out, turn to first/last or previous/next page, and rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.

• Render Visio Files Perfectly

The opened Visio file will be as clear and intact as it was originally created in MS Visio program. You can find all the details.

• Export Visio Files as PDF, Image, etc

To use the Visio files for other purposes, you can convert them to PDF, Text, PNG, JPEG, BMP, GIF and TIFF.

How to Open Visio Files without Visio with Cisdem?

1. Download and install Cisdem Document Reader on your Mac.
   
   
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2. Drag and drop one or multiple Visio files to the program.
   
3. Use the tools to display the Visio files as you want. 
   
4. (Optional) You can print, export or extract images from the Visio file as you like.
   

Also, you can watch the YouTube video to open Visio files with Cisdem.

Lucidchart

Lucidchart is an online workspace to view, create, edit and share Visio, Gliffy, Draw.io, Omnigraffle files. It offers hundreds to thousands of customizable templates to create unique diagrams. Also, you can turn Visio files to Lucidchart shapes for further editing.

There are a set of viewing tools for comfortable Visio files reading: zoom, conditional formatting, layers, canvas, snap to objects, grid, margins, show notes/comments/rulers, etc. to display the Visio files as exactly as you want. But as per my tests, Lucidchart need some time to load and display a Vision file, even though the file is not large in file size. If you use this service to open files, you need to be patient.

To open Visio files with Lucidchart only, you can try the Free plan first. The paid plans, like Individual, Team, Enterprise license will give you full access to all features but differ in Integrations module and templates.

How to Open Visio Files without Visio with Lucidchart?

1. Go to Lucidchart website and sign up with Google account.
2. In the Dashboard, click New>Lucidchart>Import>Visio.
   
3. Then click on View Document to open Visio files.
   

ASPOSE Online Visio Viewer

ASPOSE is an easy way to open Visio files in your web browser, like in Google Chrome, you can add it as a plug-in or directly open the files on the website.

You can upload VSD, VSDX, VSX, VTX, VDX, VSSX, VSTX and all Visio files for reading. Though it doesn’t offer various tools to give users an outstanding reading experience, it has extended features, users are allows to download Visio files as PDF, PNG, SVG, XPS, HTML, DOCX, PPTX.

However, we don't recommend upload private or highly confidential Visio files to open in ASPOSE Visio viewer, it may cause information leakage, all the uploaded files would be saved online for some time.

To open Visio files with ASPOSE Plug-in in Chrome

1. Go to Chrome Web Store>Extensions, search Visio Viewer Free Online from ASPOSE.
2. Click on Add to Chrome.
   
3. Confirm to Add extention.
   
4. Then open the Extension tools, pin this plug-in to quickly open a Visio file.
   
5. Click on the extension to open, upload Visio files for opening.

To open Visio files on ASPOSE website

1. Go to ASPOSE Visio Viewer website.
2. Click Upload your file to import the Visio to ASPOSE.
   
3. Then view the Visio file or download as other format.

Summary

I tried to search for offline tools to open Visio files without MS Visio on Windows too, but most of Windows Visio viewers discontinue to update and won't run on my Windows PC, possibly for the reason that MS Visio is dominant in this filed and others cannot rival MS Visio at all. However, we are still lucky to have several tools available to open Visio files with Visio program on both Mac and Windows PC.

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