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50,000+ shapes and 49000+ connectors ISsue

Sai Srinivas Dubakula 0 Reputation points
2025-06-10T04:01:33.5366667+00:00

I am having a page with 50,000+ shapes and 49000+ connectors , I have a question regarding the number of shapes each Visio Page can have? Can I know more limitations of Visio pages and shape count and shapes too.

Also the file is taking a lot of time to load the Visio Diagram.

Please help me.

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  1. Shubham Kumar 0 Reputation points
    2025-06-10T04:38:53.8833333+00:00

    You're working with a very large Visio diagram—over 50,000 shapes and 49,000 connectors—which is way beyond what Visio is typically designed to handle. While there's no official hard limit in the desktop version, performance tends to slow down a lot with that many elements.

    If you're using Visio Online, keep in mind it has a strict limit of 1,000 shapes per diagram.

    To make things smoother and faster, here are a few tips:

    • Break your diagram into multiple pages or separate files.
    • Use layers to organize and hide parts of the diagram when not needed.
    • Simplify shapes where possible—avoid overly complex or custom ones.
    • Turn off features like AutoConnect and Snap & Glue while editing.
    • Make sure you're using the 64-bit version of Visio and have at least 16GB of RAM on your system.
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