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Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

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Gentlemen!
I have problem when inserting a CAD drawing into a Microsoft word document. Either I do it with Insert Object menues or by copy clipboard and paste method, the properties of the lines,i.e. their thickness is lost. Even worse, the dimensions are not correctly transfered into the word document. When I print the document, the lines have the same thickness and dimension texts are missing.
Any information or guide to correct such problems are highly and sincerely appreciated.

RE: Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

You can export the drawing in an image format (tif, wmf, ...) and insert that into Word. It takes a few more steps, but the quality is much better.

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RE: Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

Go to Thread555-11528 for a similar problem for some answers.

Regards,

Steve Smith
Product Engineer
Staco Energy Products Co.
www.stacoenergy.com

RE: Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

on drop downs: tools/options/click colors change background to white.

then on file dropdown click export

when prompted select image and text etc. and hit return

when prompted save as.......

then in windows click insert/picture/from file on the file dropdown and browse for picture name(extension is .wmf)

good luck

RE: Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

Hi,

Another way of doing this with high quality is to plot the drawing to an EPS-file (Encapsulated PostScript).

And then import it into your Word document. Linetypes are all as you want them to and it's not rough as it can be if you save it as an image.

You got to have a printer that handels PostScript though. But I guess that's not a big problem today :)

Hope this helps

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RE: Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

   You can also use the paste special command and select AutoCad Drawing or the file you wish to insert. This will make an OLE object on the page and can be edited from the document if you like. It will also be much cleaner in appearance then a raster image such as a .wmf, .gif, .tif, or .bmp .

RE: Insert a CAD drawing into a MS-Word documents

I have a FAQ on this above. WOnder if it is any use. Thanks for some feedback.

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