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Bring .vsdx diagrams into Bizagi Modeler

Bizagi Modeler imports BPMN files. Convert the .vsdx file, then import the result from the Export/Import tab.

1. Convert the .vsdx file

  1. Test the file without an account: you see the converted diagram, page by page, and a conversion report.
  2. If the result suits you, create an account and convert the file from your dashboard. The first account of an organisation, or of a personal mailbox, starts with 2 free conversions; see pricing.
  3. Check the result in the built-in editor, then download the .bpmn file.

A file with several pages counts as one conversion. All its pages are placed one under the other in a single diagram, so one import is meant to bring the whole file into Bizagi Modeler. Check it on your first file.

2. Import into Bizagi Modeler

  1. Open the Export/Import tab.
  2. In the Import group, choose BPMN.
  3. Browse to the .bpmn file and open it.

Source: Import diagram from BPMN, Bizagi documentation, read on 8 October 2026.

What Bizagi’s documentation says to watch for

Bizagi draws the imported diagram from the shape coordinates stored in the file, and notes that some tools do not save them. Vsdx2Bpmn writes the position and size of every element it converts, taken from your original file.

3. Check the imported diagram

  • Compare it with the original, page by page.
  • Change the type of data objects, data stores and groups: they are converted as tasks.
  • Replace the lines between annotations and their elements with associations.
  • Look for connectors that were attached at one end only in the original: they are not converted.

The full list is on How it works.

We describe here what each tool’s documentation says. We have not published import tests for this tool yet, so try one file before you plan a whole migration.

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