diff --git a/internal/check/edit/drawio_test.go b/internal/check/edit/drawio_test.go
index 63ff8fef02..c1b1ddb9a2 100644
--- a/internal/check/edit/drawio_test.go
+++ b/internal/check/edit/drawio_test.go
@@ -282,13 +282,22 @@ func drawioMutate(t *testing.T, document, id string, edit func(cell string) stri
 	return strings.Replace(document, whole, edited, 1)
 }
 
-func drawioImport(t *testing.T, rendering *view.Rendering, options view.Options, document string) (*view.DrawioFile, *view.DrawioImport) {
+func drawioImporter(t *testing.T, rendering *view.Rendering, options view.Options) *view.DrawioImporter {
 	t.Helper()
-	file, err := view.ReadDrawio([]byte(document), rendering.View)
+	importer, err := rendering.DrawioImporter(options)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return importer
+}
+
+func drawioImport(t *testing.T, importer *view.DrawioImporter, viewName, document string) (*view.DrawioFile, *view.DrawioImport) {
+	t.Helper()
+	file, err := view.ReadDrawio([]byte(document), viewName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	imp, err := rendering.ImportDrawio(file, options)
+	imp, err := importer.Import(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -306,18 +315,20 @@ func TestDrawioRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
 			content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(viewFixtures, c.file))
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 			m, rendering, options := drawioModel(t, string(content), c.view)
 			document, exported := drawioExport(t, rendering, options)
-			if _, imp := drawioImport(t, rendering, options, document); len(imp.Edits)+len(imp.Unmatched)+len(imp.Deleted)+len(imp.Unknown)+len(imp.Notices) != 0 {
+			importer := drawioImporter(t, rendering, options)
+			if _, imp := drawioImport(t, importer, rendering.View, document); len(imp.Edits)+len(imp.Unmatched)+len(imp.Deleted)+len(imp.Unknown)+len(imp.Notices) != 0 {
 				t.Fatalf("untouched export: %+v", imp)
 			}
 			try := func(mut drawioMutation) func(c *view.DrawioCell) *view.DrawioImport {
 				return func(c *view.DrawioCell) *view.DrawioImport {
-					_, imp := drawioImport(t, rendering, options, drawioMutate(t, document, c.ID, mut.edit))
+					_, imp := drawioImport(t, importer, rendering.View, drawioMutate(t, document, c.ID, mut.edit))
 					return imp
 				}
 			}
@@ -328,7 +339,7 @@ func TestDrawioRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				t.Run(mut.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 					edited := drawioMutate(t, document, cell.ID, mut.edit)
-					editedFile, imp := drawioImport(t, rendering, options, edited)
+					editedFile, imp := drawioImport(t, importer, rendering.View, edited)
 					if mut.notice != "" {
 						if len(imp.Edits) != 0 || len(imp.Notices) != 1 || !strings.Contains(imp.Notices[0], mut.notice) {
 							t.Fatalf("edits %+v notices %q, want none and one saying %q", imp.Edits, imp.Notices, mut.notice)
@@ -378,7 +389,7 @@ func TestDrawioRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 						}
 					}
 					// The edited cells are where the file has them; unplaced neighbours may have flowed around them.
-					if _, imp := drawioImport(t, redrawn, reoptions, edited); len(imp.Edits) != 0 {
+					if _, imp := drawioImport(t, drawioImporter(t, redrawn, reoptions), rendering.View, edited); len(imp.Edits) != 0 {
 						for _, e := range imp.Edits {
 							if e.Cell == cell.ID {
 								t.Errorf("the edited file still imports %+v against the edited model", e)
diff --git a/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_diff.go b/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_diff.go
index 5a725c6c2c..2bcd30f640 100644
--- a/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_diff.go
+++ b/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_diff.go
@@ -112,12 +112,30 @@ type DrawioImport struct {
 // cells that differ from it are imported, so the writer's own geometry — grids,
 // fitted sizes, computed routes — never becomes an annotation.
 func (r *Rendering) ImportDrawio(file *DrawioFile, options Options) (*DrawioImport, error) {
-	norm, w, err := r.drawioPrepare(options)
+	importer, err := r.DrawioImporter(options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if file.View != "" && file.View != norm.View {
-		return nil, &DrawioViewError{View: norm.View, Pages: []string{file.View}}
+	return importer.Import(file)
+}
+
+// DrawioImporter imports edited draw.io files of one rendering against a baseline
+// prepared once; laying out and routing the rendering is the bulk of an import.
+type DrawioImporter struct {
+	norm  *Rendering
+	drawn *Drawn
+	w     *drawioWriter
+	base  *DrawioFile
+	nodes map[string]*Node
+	ports map[string]Port
+}
+
+// DrawioImporter prepares the baseline that Import diffs edited files of this
+// rendering against: the file the writer would emit now under options.
+func (r *Rendering) DrawioImporter(options Options) (*DrawioImporter, error) {
+	norm, w, err := r.drawioPrepare(options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	pages, err := drawioPages([]byte(w.document(norm, options)))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -127,14 +145,24 @@ func (r *Rendering) ImportDrawio(file *DrawioFile, options Options) (*DrawioImpo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	out := &DrawioImport{View: norm.View}
-	m := &drawioMatcher{norm: norm, drawn: r.drawn, w: w, base: base, file: file, out: out, nodes: map[string]*Node{}, ports: map[string]Port{}, framed: map[string]bool{}, paired: map[string]*DrawioCell{}}
+	importer := &DrawioImporter{norm: norm, drawn: r.drawn, w: w, base: base, nodes: map[string]*Node{}, ports: map[string]Port{}}
 	for _, node := range drawioNodes(norm.Roots) {
-		m.nodes[node.ID] = node
+		importer.nodes[node.ID] = node
 		for _, port := range node.Ports {
-			m.ports[node.ID+":"+port.ID] = port
+			importer.ports[node.ID+":"+port.ID] = port
 		}
 	}
+	return importer, nil
+}
+
+// Import reads an edited draw.io file of the rendering back as the edits by
+// which it differs from the baseline, as ImportDrawio does.
+func (i *DrawioImporter) Import(file *DrawioFile) (*DrawioImport, error) {
+	if file.View != "" && file.View != i.norm.View {
+		return nil, &DrawioViewError{View: i.norm.View, Pages: []string{file.View}}
+	}
+	out := &DrawioImport{View: i.norm.View}
+	m := &drawioMatcher{norm: i.norm, drawn: i.drawn, w: i.w, base: i.base, file: file, out: out, nodes: i.nodes, ports: i.ports, framed: map[string]bool{}, paired: map[string]*DrawioCell{}}
 	m.match()
 	m.canvas()
 	return out, nil
diff --git a/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_test.go b/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_test.go
index 692b9358f4..66508dbbd4 100644
--- a/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_test.go
+++ b/internal/ir/view/drawio_import_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package view
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"image"
 	"image/png"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -338,3 +340,46 @@ func TestDrawioImportReportsWhatItCannotImport(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("edits = %+v, want none", imp.Edits)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestDrawioImporterSharesOneBaseline pins that an importer prepared once answers
+// untouched and edited files as ImportDrawio does and refuses another view's page.
+func TestDrawioImporterSharesOneBaseline(t *testing.T) {
+	golden, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", layoutCase.name+".drawio.golden"))
+	moved := mutateCell(t, string(golden), "n2", func(cell string) string {
+		return setGeometryAttr(t, setGeometryAttr(t, cell, "x", "533"), "y", "71.5")
+	})
+	rendering, options := renderWithSites(t, layoutCase.file, layoutCase.view)
+	importer, err := rendering.DrawioImporter(options)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for i, document := range []string{string(golden), moved, string(golden)} {
+		file, err := ReadDrawio([]byte(document), layoutCase.view)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		shared, err := importer.Import(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		fresh, err := rendering.ImportDrawio(file, options)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(shared, fresh) {
+			t.Errorf("shared baseline imported %+v, a fresh one %+v", shared, fresh)
+		}
+		if i != 1 {
+			if len(shared.Edits) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("untouched import %d: edits = %+v, want none", i, shared.Edits)
+			}
+		} else if edit := editOf(t, shared, DrawioEditLayout, "n2"); edit.FQN != "Plant::Loop::tank" {
+			t.Errorf("moved cell imported as %+v", edit)
+		}
+	}
+	_, err = importer.Import(&DrawioFile{View: "Other"})
+	var viewErr *DrawioViewError
+	if !errors.As(err, &viewErr) || viewErr.View != layoutCase.view || !reflect.DeepEqual(viewErr.Pages, []string{"Other"}) {
+		t.Errorf("another view's page imported with %v, want a DrawioViewError naming %s", err, layoutCase.view)
+	}
+}