How to copy from Lucidchart to WhimsicalCopied!Link to this section

1. Open your Lucidchart document and select what you want to bring over.
2. Copy it with Cmd + C (Mac) or Ctrl + C (PC).
3. Open a Whimsical board and paste with Cmd + V (Mac) or Ctrl + V (PC).

Everything arrives as a single step, so one undo removes the whole paste, including images that finish loading afterwards.

What comes acrossCopied!Link to this section

DiagramsCopied!Link to this section

• Flowchart and basic shapes, like process, decision, terminator, data, database, preparation and merge
• Text and sticky notes
• Connectors, which stay attached to their shapes and keep their labels
• Containers, frames and swimlanes, which become sections holding everything inside them
• Groups, including nested groups
• Tables, with their column widths, header and cell colors
• Mind maps, which become real Whimsical mind maps with auto-layout
• Org charts, rebuilt as a top-down tree with names and details
• Smart containers, grid layouts and dynamic matrices
• Timelines, with their dates, bars, milestones and cards
• Lucid cards, with their title and description
• Code blocks, with their language
• Dividers, which become lines
• Images
• YouTube and Vimeo videos, which become link cards

Technical diagramsCopied!Link to this section

• Cloud icons as well as icons from other libraries.
• ERD entities and UML classes.
• BPMN and UML shapes, like events, gateways, use cases and actors.
• Diagram keys.

Wireframes and mockupsCopied!Link to this section

• UI, iOS and Android mockup elements, like buttons, inputs, toggles, tabs and sliders.
• iPhone, iPad and Android, desktop frames.

FormattingCopied!Link to this section

• Elbow and straight connectors, dashed lines and arrowheads, including ERD and UML endpoints
• Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough and links
• Bullet and numbered lists
• Text alignment and text size

LimitationsCopied!Link to this section

• We have a limit of up to 100 images load per paste.
• Some shapes become rectangles. Shapes without a Whimsical match keep their text but become rectangles. This includes the document, manual input, delay, display and off-page link shapes, block arrows and chevrons.
• Curved connectors come across as straight connectors that follow the same path. If a line has several labels, they're combined into one.
• Merged table cells aren't merged. Their text sits in the first cell.
• Colors are matched, not copied exactly. Gradients use their first color. You can update your color theme to match your brand.
• Fonts, text color, highlights and line thickness aren't carried over. Text is shown in our Dinsical font.
• Shapes snap to the nearest right angle. Text, sticky notes and containers paste upright.
• Hotspots and hidden objects are skipped.
• Very large tables paste as a single rectangle with their text, so it’s best to split them before pasting.

Tips for a smooth migrationCopied!Link to this section

• Copy one page or area at a time so it's easy to check the result.
• Paste into a fresh Whimsical board first while you get a feel for it.
• If you see Couldn't paste selection, try copying fewer objects at a time.