File with VSD extension contains drawings and diagrams created using Microsoft Visio and saved in binary format. VSD uses lossless compression algorithm similar to LZW. VSD is a proprietary format; it was replaced by VDX format in 2010, and by VSDX and VSDM in 2013.
Files with the .DWG extension contain 2D or 3D images and their metadata, stored in a proprietary format using a binary method. The extension’s name originates from the English word for a DraWinG . It is a native format for several CAD applications.
After converting the file to the new format, you will be able to use other programs to support it. Keep in mind, however, that the VSD file after converting to DWG may differ slightly from the original. The most important information should be kept, but if you want the file after conversion from VSD to DWG to be the same, you have to do this carefully and choose the proper application from the list below.
There is no guarantee, of course, that the conversion will come up to all your expectations, but it will certainly help you. If, after all, the effect of converting VSD to DWG does not meet your expectations, you can simply try to find on the Internet a different version of your file in VSD format, properly converted to a DWG file by someone else. If this fails, use the information provided in the further part of the website.
If after converting the file VSD the desired result was not achieved, you can try to change the format of VSD file to other than DWG. On our website you will find more information on the following conversion options
Unfortunately, if after performing the two previously described steps (trying to find your VSD file converted by someone else, and the attempt to convert it to DWG on your own) you still have a problem with your file, then there are only a few solutions left. You can once again try to find and install an application that can open the VSD file in its original format (without conversion to DWG file). Such a solution will be difficult to implement, but it certainly will give the best result.