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Inserting blocks with coordinates from Excell


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Hello,

 

I'm pretty confident that this can be done as I've done it before but I'm suffering from a mental block (to many mine pies!).

 

I have a list of a hundred or so points with x and y coordinates. I want to insert these into AutoCAD without putting each on as a single point.

 

I think it was done by setting the pdmode and pdsize then another command?

 

Any help would be very appricated.

Cheers,

Mark

Posted

Are you using a txt or csv file by any chance?

Posted

None of the above, I just have the coordinates listed in an excel spreadsheet.

Posted

What symbol do you want to use to represent each point?

Posted

The answer you were searching for was right here under both ours noses: Michael's Corner. Click on the link below. Scroll down to the section called The Odd Spot. Michael explains how to get coordinates from Excel into AutoCAD.

 

http://www.cadtutor.net/corner/2009/may.php

Posted

Thats excellent, I knew I'd seen it before!

 

Many thanks once again,

Mark

Posted

I changed the script file to 'point' and its point a point in at each location I needed. Saved hours!

 

Happy new year,

Mark

Posted

Easier still if you just want a point trying to remember its another post here copy the x,y of all the points in one go from excel

 

In autocad "point" then paste all should appear in one go.

 

This works for line & pline etc as well

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