Automate Visio Diagrams

The Visio family exports 20 commands for VSDX authoring and inspection. Build pages from rectangles, ellipses, diamonds, containers, text boxes, connectors, and stencil shapes; arrange the result; save VSDX; and export SVG or PNG review artifacts.

Create with primitives or stencils

Use New-OfficeVisio and Add-OfficeVisioPage to start a diagram. Primitive commands are useful for lightweight flowcharts and architecture maps. For recognizable product and infrastructure shapes, load a built-in or imported catalog and use Add-OfficeVisioStencilShape.

Stencil commands can discover catalogs, find shapes, import packages, and export preview galleries. That separates shape selection from document placement and makes diagram scripts repeatable across environments.

Connect and arrange

Add-OfficeVisioConnector establishes graph relationships. Use layout and arrangement commands after content is complete, then apply targeted shape-layout updates only when the output needs manual refinement.

Inspect and review

Get-OfficeVisio and Get-OfficeVisioInfo expose document and diagram evidence. ConvertTo-OfficeVisioSvg and ConvertTo-OfficeVisioPng provide portable review output without replacing the editable VSDX source.

See the Visio examples and search the command reference for OfficeVisio.