word and excel documents

[skenderbender17]

Hello,

 

If I was to make a chart in excel or word can I insert this into autoCAD and have it so I can adjust this in CAD?

[bill_borec]

Bender,

You can insert a word object or an excel sheet or object...however, it will insert as an OLE object (in my experience) and will not be 'adjustable'. It is quite simple (click and drag) to insert, however, so edits in Word or Excel are simple to 'bring in'.

Good Luck.

[dirkvandonkelaar]

You can import Excel as a reference,

so you can edit the excel sheet in excel and in AutoCAD and the sheet will be updated in both CAD and excel.

 

Here is how you do it:

 

First you excecute the command "Table"

 

Then you select "From a data link"

Then browse for a data link

Then create a new data link

 

Click "Browse for an file" and browse to the file you want to insert.

 

Press 3x OK and insert your table.

 

Now your table is the excel sheet.

When you changed it in Excel, you can type "DATALINKUPDATE" to update the file in AutoCAD.

 

 

I hope i've helped you out.

[ReMark]

The above procedure is referred to as a DATALINK. It was introduced in AutoCAD 2008 I believe. I've used it several times and it works well.