# Exporting ERD \*.ter files as other formats

**URL:** <https://forums.toadworld.com/t/exporting-erd-ter-files-as-other-formats/5834>\
**Category:** Toad Data Point & Toad Intelligence Central\
**Created:** [April 14, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/exporting-erd-ter-files-as-other-formats/5834 "2008-04-14T13:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![dbossartcrosscountry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbossartcrosscountry](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/dbossartcrosscountry)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/exporting-erd-ter-files-as-other-formats/5834/1 "2008-04-14T13:34:55Z")

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Is it possible to export \*.ter files into other formats, like vsd? If not, is it on the drawing board?

Thanks.

db

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**Author:** ![jacquesrk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/jacquesrk/32/107_2.png) [@jacquesrk](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/jacquesrk)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/exporting-erd-ter-files-as-other-formats/5834/2 "2008-04-15T20:14:05Z")

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Hello, currently we have no plans on exporting Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) files to another format besides our native format. By vsd format I assume you mean Microsoft Visio.

Toad for Data Analysis is not meant to be used as a full-fledged Entity Relationship Diagram tool. For that, the product we offer would be Toad Data Modeler ( [http://www.quest.com/Toad-Data-Modeler/](http://www.quest.com/Toad%2DData%2DModeler/) )

What is the use case you have for creating Visio files? Is this to help you write queries?

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**Author:** ![dbossartcrosscountry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbossartcrosscountry](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/dbossartcrosscountry)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/exporting-erd-ter-files-as-other-formats/5834/3 "2008-04-17T07:53:44Z")

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Thank you for the clarification on the tools.

I would like the flexibility of manipulating the results in visio.

I will check out the Toad Data Modeler.