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CAD tip # 11580:

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Excel: convert Unicode texts to \U+ codes for AutoCAD

With the following VBA macro you can use Excel to convert any Unicode text (cyrillic - russian, arabic, chinese, japanese, korean, greek and other two-byte characters) to encoded text for AutoCAD. Such encoded text can be then pasted into an AutoCAD text object. If such text object uses a text style based on an appropriate font (containing foreign-language characters), the text will be properly displayed in any AutoCAD version.

The custom function ACADunicode:

The code of the VBA function (Alt+F11 in Excel, Insert>Module):

Function ACADunicode(s)
cvt = ""
For i = 1 To Len(s)
 c = Mid(s, i, 1)
 x = StrConv(c, vbUnicode)
 If Mid(x, 2, 1) = Chr(0) Then
  cvt = cvt & c
 Else
  cvt = cvt & "\U+" & _
  Right("0" & Hex(Asc(Mid(x, 2, 1))), 2) & _
  Right("0" & Hex(Asc(Mid(x, 1, 1))), 2)
 End If
Next i
ACADunicode = cvt
End Function

You can invoke in Excel in a standard way, similarly as other embedded functions - e.g. =ACADunicode(A1) - converts the text from the cell A1.

The resulting text in AutoCAD:

ACADLT

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT ·

See also:
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