CAD Forum discussion (EN) : EXCEL WILL NOT PLOT

CAD Forum discussion (EN) : EXCEL WILL NOT PLOT https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:54:04 +0000 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:34:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1173 <![CDATA[CAD Forum discussion (EN)]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ <![CDATA[EXCEL WILL NOT PLOT : ***Sometime people want to put...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1173&PID=3208&title=excel-will-not-plot#3208 Author: ineke
Subject: 1173
Posted: 11.Oct.2008 at 12:34

***Sometime people want to put a bitmap (an image, a text document or an Excel spreadsheet) in the middle of their drawing, next to their CAD diagram.
These documents are linked to the CAD drawing; on the screen, they look like one.
In that case, they are OLE objects.
OLE = Object Linking and Embedding.

Many CAD - even AutoCAD - have/had a lot of problems in printing mixed documents (OLE objects+vectors), as bitmaps and vectors use different languages.

This is because the AutoCAD print driver can only print the AutoCAD diagram - it cannot print the Excel spreadsheet because it does not work /worked with Excel.

Do you experience this problem with all mixed files?
If yes, you need a printer driver that can interpret and print OLE objects from inside CAD files.

www.plotterdriver.it

]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:34:54 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1173&PID=3208&title=excel-will-not-plot#3208 <![CDATA[EXCEL WILL NOT PLOT : Thanks for the ideas. I did have...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1173&PID=3164&title=excel-will-not-plot#3164 Author: bugleboy62
Subject: 1173
Posted: 06.Oct.2008 at 18:43

Thanks for the ideas. I did have it on Defpoints layer.

I was able to get the spreadsheet to plot by right-clicking the spreadsheet in the CAD drawing and setting the OLE plot quality to High Quality Photograph.

]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:03 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1173&PID=3164&title=excel-will-not-plot#3164 <![CDATA[EXCEL WILL NOT PLOT : Try variable OLEHIDE. Maybe the...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1173&PID=3162&title=excel-will-not-plot#3162 Author: Kackac
Subject: 1173
Posted: 06.Oct.2008 at 17:49

Try variable [VAR]OLEHIDE[/VAR]. Maybe the OLE object (the spreadsheet pasted into autocad ctrl+v is OLE) is in the not printed layer?
Or you can paste a spreadsheet as autocad entities (edit->paste as... or something like that), this way you make an autocad table, not OLE.
]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:49:39 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1173&PID=3162&title=excel-will-not-plot#3162 <![CDATA[EXCEL WILL NOT PLOT : Hi all, Is there a way to take...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1173&PID=3158&title=excel-will-not-plot#3158 Author: bugleboy62
Subject: 1173
Posted: 06.Oct.2008 at 15:54

Hi all,

Is there a way to take a small Excel spreadsheet, paste it into an ACAD 2004 drawing, and plot it?

I can get the spreadsheet to paste, but plot preview shows nothing, and plots nothing.

I don't want or need to access the data, I just want to include a simple Excel worksheet as view only.

Thanks!

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