Excel into CAD prob

[Jadgpanther]

Hi

 

when I 'paste special Autocad Entities LT' into model space it is not pasting

the whole of the excel page I have copied?

 

any ideas

 

thanks

[Ritch7]

what exactly are you trying to paste, i use excel with cad alot of the time, 1st thing i would think of is the size?, then something is in your excel in which your trying to paste that cad dosent like (compatability perhaps?), or 3 its something to do with user settings

 

is it just basic spreadsheet table/stuff your trying to copy

[dbroada]

I see you are using 2005 - excel wasn't great with that version. It tends to paste an OLE link which is only a snapshot of the table you are inserting. I found if the table was increased in size the snapshot didn't like it. I think there is a maximum pixel size for OLE objects too.

 

AutoCAD 2008 is excellent with excel.

[Jadgpanther]

I see you are using 2005 - excel wasn't great with that version. It tends to paste an OLE link which is only a snapshot of the table you are inserting. I found if the table was increased in size the snapshot didn't like it. I think there is a maximum pixel size for OLE objects too.

 

yep, I think it is my old version of LT

[mugshot]

why try to use table instead, its the same as exceled files.

[dbroada]

why try to use table instead, its the same as exceled files.

does 2005 LT have tables?

[chelsea1307]

no, LT doesnt have tables, if a table is inserted into a dwg by another user with full acad LT can edit the information but it doesnt have the ability to insert one...

[chelsea1307]

but, if you search this site for tables, one of the threads has a link to a download that will allow LT to create tables.

[dbroada]

OK, but my point was about 2005. I never found tables usable until 2006 came along.