# Problem importing UML from Netbeans **URL:** \ **Category:** UML\ **Created:** [May 16, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/problem-importing-uml-from-netbeans/14149 "2018-05-16T17:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Will](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/problem-importing-uml-from-netbeans/14149/1 "2018-05-16T17:41:41Z")
Easy enough question, pretty new to diagrams, I can only export my UML proyect to ZIP and it has no .etd so VP doesnt accept it, any way to get around that?? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Andres33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Andres33](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/Andres33)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/problem-importing-uml-from-netbeans/14149/2 "2018-05-16T18:18:43Z")
I have the same problem, i created the UML alone, without automatically generating it from an existing proyect, maybe that’s why it doesnt have a .etd file i guess. Thanks in advance 😁 ---
**Author:** ![ShelLuser](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/user_avatar/forums.visual-paradigm.com/shelluser/32/204_2.png) [@ShelLuser](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/ShelLuser)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/problem-importing-uml-from-netbeans/14149/3 "2018-06-18T22:17:26Z")
I know the thread is very old, but since I saw UML & NetBeans which I both favor I couldn’t resist anyway 😉 > [@Will](#): > > I can only export my UML proyect to ZIP and it has no .etd so VP doesnt accept it, any way to get around that?? A ZIP is an archive file, so something which contains other files inside for smaller storage. The solution would be to unpack your archive and then check what’s inside. > [@Andres33](#): > > i created the UML alone, without automatically generating it from an existing proyect, maybe that’s why it doesnt have a .etd file i guess. What exactly are you trying to import? Because etd is an Acrobat file, right?