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Create Visio diagram from Opalis policies with the Opalis VSD Generator

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Update : This tool is now at v1.2 and can actually be downloaded from CodePlex : https://opalis.codeplex.com/releases/view/57084

See also this updated blog post for new features in v1.2 : https://blogs.technet.com/b/yasc/archive/2010/12/14/opalis-vsd-generator-1-2-now-with-word-document-generation.aspx

Here is v1.0 of the Opalis VSD Generator.

This tool lets you export an Opalis policy as a Visio diagram.
For example, this policy will result in this diagram:

Components exported as of v1.0 are :
- Title of the policy
- Activities and their names/thumbnails/description (description is displayed as a callout in the visio diagram, attached to the shape of the activity)
- Links and their names/colors
- Looping and their interval
Thumbnails and activities are grouped in the Visio diagram, for easy manipulation of the diagram before saving the final layout.

Other items could be exported in the future, like the activites properties, to document policies.

This has been developed and tested for Visio 2010.

As always, feedback is always welcome :-)