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All Shapes Disappearing in Visio Export

  • February 26, 2024
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Hello,

I have a bunch of documents that I import / export without any issues. I have one Lucidchart that whenever exported to VSDX or VDX looses all the shape data across all the tabs. If I export to PDF everything shows up perfectly! I don’t know if I'm overlooking anything with this one but I've been unable to find anything in the support articles / peer community.

 

Has anyone run across this before. All of my Lucidcharts export properly, but this single has been problematic. These are network shapes such as Routers / Switches / Firewall using stencils from all the typical manufactures. 

Best answer by Phillip W

Hey @Magsrgod -- thanks for posting! This is an issue that has been reported to our Dev Team (thread here if you’d like to follow the updates) and they are currently looking into resolving the issue. This is not intended functionality and rest assured, our Dev Teams are working hard to determine a fix!

Apologies for disruptions of your workflow -- Let us know if you have any questions in the meantime!

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Phillip W
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  • February 27, 2024

Hey @Magsrgod -- thanks for posting! This is an issue that has been reported to our Dev Team (thread here if you’d like to follow the updates) and they are currently looking into resolving the issue. This is not intended functionality and rest assured, our Dev Teams are working hard to determine a fix!

Apologies for disruptions of your workflow -- Let us know if you have any questions in the meantime!


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  • September 11, 2025

Assume there hasn’t been a fix for this in a year because it still happens?


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  • Lucidite
  • September 12, 2025

Hey ​@toddbass10,

Thanks for posting in the Lucid Community! Would you mind giving me a few more details about what you are seeing on your end? 

To learn more about exporting shape data please look at this article. You can export shape data as a CSV. The CSV of the shape data associated with your Lucidchart document includes shape names, shape library, text fields, and additional data.


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  • November 18, 2025

I’m getting the same issue.

When exporting to VSDX or VDX, and then open the file in Visio, the file looses shapes, formatting and data across all the tabs.

This issue was reported 2 years ago, is there any resolution to this yet?

 


Ambar D
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  • Lucid community team
  • November 20, 2025

Hi ​@LucasCZ, thanks for adding to this thread and for providing that screenshot. Sorry that you’re having trouble here, but I’m happy to help.

There are a few specific things worth noting when working with exporting your document:

  • Try the export in a Chrome Incognito browsing session. This often improves performance by clearing your cache and cookies and disabling your extensions.
  • Sometimes issues like this can be related to internet connection speed or network security. Please try the export again on another network, ensuring that you are on a strong, stable connection.

If the issue persists, can you please send a screenshot of the associated Javascript Console output after reproducing the issue? You can open your Javascript Console by pressing Ctrl+Shift+J (if your computer is a Windows/Linux) OR Cmd+Opt+J (if your computer is a Mac).