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   ***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

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ineke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24.May.2008 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 8	Topic: EXCEL WILL NOT PLOT 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
	www.plotterdriver.it

bugleboy62 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12.Aug.2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	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.
	bugleboy62

Kackac Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 03.Oct.2008 Location: Czech Republic Status: Offline Points: 62	Posted: 06.Oct.2008 at 17:49
	Try variable `OLEHIDE`. 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.
	I'm sorry for my bad English. Kackac

bugleboy62 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12.Aug.2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	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!
	bugleboy62

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