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v0.6.0 — Microsoft Visio (.vsdx) round-trip

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@MichaelDanCurtis MichaelDanCurtis released this 15 May 23:02
v0.6.0
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What's new

Microsoft Visio (.vsdx) round-trip — drop a real .vsdx onto the canvas to render it natively; build a flowchart and export it as a Visio-editable .vsdx.

New MCP tools

  • import_vsdx — accept base64 vsdx bytes, render via the new prixmaviz-vsdx sidecar (LibreOffice + unoserver)
  • analyze_vsdx — parse imported vsdx into structured JSON for host-side AI translation to Mermaid/D2/BPMN
  • export_vsdx — emit a Visio-editable .vsdx from a Mermaid/D2/Graphviz diagram (or image-embed fallback for other engines)

Reverse-engineered LibreOffice rendering

The writer produces vsdx files that render in both Visio AND LibreOffice — needed five specific things LibreOffice's vsdx filter strictly requires (RelLineTo normalized coords, LineStyle/FillStyle/TextStyle refs, populated DocumentSettings + PageSheet, page1.xml.rels). 35-shape stencil mapping covering Basic Flowchart + Basic Shapes.

Plugin surface

  • Shim advertises 14 MCP tools (was 11)
  • diagram-rendering skill includes Visio-specific workflow guidance
  • /prixmaviz slash command docs updated

Self-hosters

Pull main and rebuild — your docker-compose.yaml now includes a prixmaviz-vsdx sidecar (Ubuntu + LibreOffice + unoserver, ~800MB image). The main prixmaviz image also picks up new apt packages (graphviz, librsvg) for the writer's layout/rasterization paths.

Hosted users

Plugin auto-upgrades on next claude plugins install prixmaviz@prixmaviz. The hosted prixmaviz.ailuxis.com is being redeployed alongside this release.

Verified end-to-end: built a 13-shape '69 Camaro SS drivetrain via the new MCP path (create_diagram → apply_patch → export_vsdx) — 18.5KB structured vsdx, LibreOffice rendered a 93KB SVG with all 13 labels visible.

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