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Import Excel file into AutoCAD 2000?
Posted: Aug 31, 2000 11:03 PM
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Is there a way to import an Excel file into AutoCAD 2000 and using an AutoCAD font while maintaining columns, etc.? Using insert OLE object makes the fonts print fuzzy and I am hoping to find a way to either make the fonts print clear or switch to an AutoCAD font.
Thanks
Dotson, Terry W.
Re: Import Excel file into AutoCAD 2000?
Posted: Aug 31, 2000 11:11 PM   in response to: hhiggins in response to: hhiggins
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hhiggins wrote:

Is there a way to import an Excel file into AutoCAD 2000 and using an
AutoCAD font while maintaining columns, etc.? Using insert OLE object
makes the fonts print fuzzy and I am hoping to find a way to either
make the fonts print clear or switch to an AutoCAD font.


Take a look at ToolPac's Table Tools at http://www.dotsoft.com.

Terry
Hurley, Shaan
Re: Import Excel file into AutoCAD 2000?
Posted: Aug 31, 2000 11:26 PM   in response to: hhiggins in response to: hhiggins
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You should try right-click and properties to change the OLE quality. You
could also edit the PC3 file by selecting the properties button next to the
device in the Plot dialog or from the File>plotter Manager. Select the
Graphics leaf, and take a look at the Raster Graphics section. Now on the
Raster slider and the OLE slider move them both all the way to the right.
You could also make sure you have installed the Plotting Update as many plot
related issues were fixed in it.

AutoCAD® 2000 Plotting Update
http://www.autodesk.com/autocad2000-updates

General AutoCAD® 2000 Knowledge Base:
http://www.autodesk.com/autocad2000-solutions

Sincerely,
Shaan Hurley
Autodesk Beta Programs

"hhiggins" wrote in message
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Is there a way to import an Excel file into AutoCAD 2000 and using an

AutoCAD font while maintaining columns, etc.? Using insert OLE object makes
the fonts print fuzzy and I am hoping to find a way to either make the fonts
print clear or switch to an AutoCAD font.
Thanks
MB_Net
Re: Import Excel file into AutoCAD 2000?
Posted: Sep 1, 2000 4:30 PM   in response to: hhiggins in response to: hhiggins
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Another option is to copy the spreadsheet to the clipboard,
then, inside AutoCAD, choose edit|paste special, choose autocad entities and
press ok.

This will insert the excel entities as autocad fonts and
lines.  You can change the fonts as normal.

 

Hope this helps


"hhiggins" <hhiggins@hitchcockdesigngroup> wrote in message news:ef3c5ca.-1@WebX.SaUCah8kaAW...
Is
there a way to import an Excel file into AutoCAD 2000 and using an AutoCAD
font while maintaining columns, etc.? Using insert OLE object makes the fonts
print fuzzy and I am hoping to find a way to either make the fonts print clear
or switch to an AutoCAD font.
Thanks
Saadallah, Dean
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Posted: Sep 23, 2000 9:49 PM   in response to: MB_Net in response to: MB_Net
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You do not need to buy anything: this option, and the one before it work
best.

--
Dean Saadallah
www.pendean.com

"MB_Net" wrote in message
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Another option is to copy the spreadsheet to the clipboard, then, inside

AutoCAD, choose edit|paste special, choose autocad entities and press ok.
This will insert the excel entities as autocad fonts and lines. You can

change the fonts as normal.

Hope this helps
"hhiggins" wrote in message

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Is there a way to import an Excel file into AutoCAD 2000 and using an

AutoCAD font while maintaining columns, etc.? Using insert OLE object makes
the fonts print fuzzy and I am hoping to find a way to either make the fonts
print clear or switch to an AutoCAD font.
Thanks
designplanservi...
Re: Import Excel file into AutoCAD 2000?
Posted: Mar 14, 2001 1:07 PM   in response to: hhiggins in response to: hhiggins
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hhiggins wrote:

Is there a way to import an Excel file into AutoCAD 2000 and using an
AutoCAD font while maintaining columns, etc.? Using insert OLE object
makes the fonts print fuzzy and I am hoping to find a way to either
make the fonts print clear or switch to an AutoCAD font.
Thanks


Under the Plotting Tab in Tools-Options, try various OLE Plotting
Quality (Right-hand side). Also, try checking 'Use OLE application when
plotting OLE Objects under same tab.
Berry, William
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Posted: Mar 15, 2001 4:47 AM   in response to: designplanservi... in response to: designplanservi...
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Ole stuff is such a pain. Check out http://www.dotsoft.com/ or a program
called Spanner. Either one will bring in AutoCAD entities (vectors)and use
conventional fonts.

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hhiggins wrote:

Is there a way to import an Excel file into AutoCAD 2000 and using an
AutoCAD font while maintaining columns, etc.? Using insert OLE object
makes the fonts print fuzzy and I am hoping to find a way to either
make the fonts print clear or switch to an AutoCAD font.
Thanks


Under the Plotting Tab in Tools-Options, try various OLE Plotting
Quality (Right-hand side). Also, try checking 'Use OLE application when
plotting OLE Objects under same tab.

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