Hi.
This has been tested in MS v8i .357 and PowerCivil V8i .878.
We are having problems when printing a drawing to pdf. The drawing has a linked Excel table (as a worksheet object) in addition to CAD geometry and text.
When I use the Bentley driver, all text except for the table is searchable. When I use the Windows driver, all table text is searchable, but not the CAD text. Is there a known solution to this problem?
Thomas Stavik-Karlsen said:Is there a known solution to this problem?
Well, if jumping to CE version is a possibility you will have true table inside DGN. When using Bentley driver you'll get searchable text in both.
Regards
José
in mstn model is the excel text searchable from inside mst text find? NO JUST MADE A DEMO AND NO GOOD...
Ok here is what I have found FYI in using ss3 V8i
open you excel select all the text you want to copy and pick copy, dont close it yet.
In mstn set you active text settings for me the text ht 5, line spacing 1.5 and left top justifty seemed to work best
Then from paste choose paste special, linked TEXT to design option
now opens your text editor and paste the text from clipboard and place the text, in order to get the columns how you want you'll need to use the tabs and indents.
In the past I found word does a better job with the tabs but must be text not direct copy from excel to text past in word...
I have attached dgn example with embed/ linked exel file take a look and it made pdf text searchable here....
I could do it better and faster in ss3 as we still can use an ancient basic macro ( Table.bas) to import text to a table from csv and have it draw lines..
but isnt linked...
text searchable.zip
Lorys
Started msnt work 1990 - Retired Nov 2022 ( oh boy am I old )
But was long time user V8iss10 (8.11.09.919) dabbler CE update 16 (10.16.00.80)
MicroStation user since 1990 Melbourne Australia.click link to PM me
Thanks. We are testing CE, but unfortunately we have not entered into production mode yet. I guess we will have to manage with the current limitations in SS3 for now.
Thomas H. Stavik-KarlsenSenior Engineerhttp://www.Akersolutions.com
Thanks.
Unfortunately, this specific drawing needs to be linked to the Excel file, but I like the solution for unlinked data.
did you try rasterise tick box in print dialog ?
FYI embedded is better than linked as the excel has to live with the dgn or be found by the dgn if the excel is moved, deleted or renamed by others who dont know its linked to cad files, in cad now it wont display anymore... but embed is part of the dgn and you can supply just the dgn to client etc ... nobody will really notice especially non cad savey bureaucrat types....