Paste Special AutoCAD entities to include image

[Civardi]

Hey all,

 

wondering is there a way to paste special using autocad entities paste link command? I want to see any images come through that are in my excel file i am pasting from.

 

I do know i can you use the paste exel link and have images come throu. PLEASE THIS IS NOT WHAT I AM AFTER.

 

I am after paste special link autocad entities only to show images.

 

Thanks

[RobDraw]

Are you wanting to extract images from an Excel file and paste them into AutoCAD?

[Civardi]

kind of.

I want to paste from excel using the paste special command>paste link>autocad entities.

[RobDraw]

Doesn't seem to work here. It might help if you could post the file you are trying to copy.

[SLW210]

I do not believe that will work, supposedly it will work with Windows Metafiles, but I never got that to work well either.

 

Why exactly do you need them as AutoCAD Entities, maybe there is a different method to achieve your results.

[Civardi]

When i paste special/paste link as microsoft excel worksheet the plot quality is terrible. The line weights suck and the bitmap image is no good when i plot. Using autocad entities option the lineweights are good when i plot. I also have more control over aligning my columns.

the data i am copy from excel is a couple of columns with an image in one of the columns.

 

(Sample attached looks fine. The issue is when i plot even though my plot quality is set to highest.)

[BIGAL]

Have you looked at the default "insert image" but you will need a BMP JPG etc.