Hi, I have production drawings for doors that we make in Autocad. I have the formulas that derive all the dimensions that go on these drawings based on their height and width in an Excel file. Is there anyway that I can combine these two so that jointly I can get the dimensions calculated in Excel to appear on my Autocad drawing? I dont need it to redraw anything, just to put whatever dimensions there are on it. Thank you
Just to clarify your requirements/situation:
You have a single cell value in your Excel spreadsheet
You have a drawing in AutoCAD, which contains a specific dimenion.
You want to edit the text of the dimensions (don't worry, I won't say anything), to the contents of the cell?
I suspect your solution will be more AutoCAD-based rather than Excel.
Do you have full-blown AutoCAD or LT? Do you have any Lisp experience?
dJE
lol yea it doesn't need to physically change the drawing. Just the number.
I have Autocad not LT, and I dont really have any experience in lisp. Anything u can do to help me out?
I should be able to.
You could just embed your drawing in an excel sheet and overlay the dimensions if that helps!
Regards
Darren
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danellis thanks I emailed you.
squiggler47- Thanks I actually tried to do that, but it's just impossible really to get the dimensions to line up with the cells in the imbedded drawing, a real pain
Still no luck with this. Can anyone else help?
Have you looked into using AutoCAD scripts with Excel as a solution?
Last edited by rkoog; 06-26-2009 at 12:06 PM.
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