stargirl23 Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Hello, I have been reading several posts about copying from AutoCAD to Word. I have tried copying/pasting into word from AutoCAD and the quality is not good, very distorted. I have also tried WMFOUT and didn't like the quality either when pasting into Word. My best option has been to plot and save as a .jpg, and the quality is great except the black lines turn grey and I really need it to be black. Is there a way to make it look black? Thanks in advance for your replies. Quote
the ber Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 You could use a pixel-graphic program like Gimp (free!) to darken the lines. Quote
BlackBox Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Why not just plot to PDF? Big fan of Gimp too. Quote
the ber Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Some time ago I tried to get a DWG into Word. Don't remember everything I tried, but nothing was really satisfactory. I did try DWG to PDF, and then attaching the PDF to Word 2010, but it wasn't a happy marriage. Quote
eldon Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 Hello, I have been reading several posts about copying from AutoCAD to Word. I have also tried WMFOUT and didn't like the quality either when pasting into Word. When using WMFOUT, it is the same as taking a screen grab. So zoom your drawing until what you want to paste into Word, fills the screen. Then when asked to select objects, type ALL. Only what is on the screen will be exported. When you import into WORD, do not zoom any further, otherwise you will get poor quality. I usually "Ungroup" the image and apply a lineweight of 3/4 pt, and all the lines are crisp. Quote
JD Mather Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 You should be able to embed the dwg into Word with no loss of quality. (and PowerPoint as well, allowing zoom and pan in that program) as I recall it was a VB toolbox - downside is you had to have AutoCAD installed on the machine the document would be viewed. Using this technique you get the actual vector info (and in fact can edit the embedded dwg in AutoCAD). For that reason it might not be appropriate. You might also look into dwf or dwfx (I haven't used these in years.) I know I have done this in the past. Web search should turn up the technique. Quote
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